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🌱New Boulder Fire Station + BIFF Wraps + RTD Police Chief Resigns

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Happy Monday, Boulder! Here's everything you need to know going on today.

Monday's weather: Decreasing clouds and cold. High: 31 Low: 18.

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Here are the top five stories today in Boulder:

  1. Police investigating theft of human heads. We know crime is up in Denver, but thieves probably got more than they expected when they opened up a box they'd stolen that was labeled 'Exempt Human Specimen.' The box of human heads was stolen from a truck parked in a Central Park neighborhood last week. (9News)
  2. Boulder set to build new fire station. The Boulder Fire-Rescue Station No. 3 will be relocated to 30th Street, south of Valmont Road. The new building will replace the outdated Fire Station No. 3, which is located in a 100-year floodplain, among other things. As designed, the new building will be two stories in height and 28,370 square feet. (Yahoo)
  3. Chief Of RTD Police announces resignation. The resignation comes as RTD's ability to secure the agency's transportation network has come under scrutiny over the past six months. Last year, unionized transit employees expressed their safety concerns regarding crime and drug use on public transit and around Union Station. (CBS4)
  4. Boulder International Film Festival returns home. BIFF returned to its original venue, the Boulder Theater, after last year's festival, which was held outdoors at Chautauqua's green fields, because of the coronavirus pandemic. (CO Daily)
  5. U.S. gasoline prices shoot to $4 per gallon, first time time since 2008. According to AAA, prices in Colorado on Sunday were $3.72 (CO Sun)

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Today in Boulder:

  • Monday Musical Storytime: Boulder Public Library (10:15 a.m.)
  • Business Growth Network Leads Group: Boulder Chamber (Noon)

From my notebook:

  • It's Colorado Flood Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week. Here's some handy information that could help you be prepared when floods and wildfire hit. (NOAA)
  • Were you less depressed last year? A recent University Of Colorado study found that those exposed to the outdoors during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered less depression. (CBS4)
  • Boulder distillery creates special whiskey. Sales of Boulder Spirits' whiskey will benefit Marshall Fire victims. (9News)

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That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early Tuesday morning with another edition of the Boulder Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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