Chase Johnson still remembers the exact moment fear took over. It wasn’t when she found the lump, though that was terrifying enough. It wasn’t even when doctors told her, at just 31 years old, that she had stage 2B triple-negative breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of the disease. It was after she had done everything right—endured chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, and been told in 2022 that she was cancer free. Her oncologist delivered the good news with a shadow attached: there was still a 40 percent chance the cancer would come back. For Johnson, a resident of Cary,…

Every so often, a generation inherits the bill for what an earlier generation built. That moment has arrived for Boulder, and for communities across the United States. The public buildings that rose out of the mid-twentieth century — fire stations, recreation centers, maintenance yards, and municipal offices — are all reaching the end of their useful lives around the same time. Colorado cities feel it too; Longmont’s 2026 public safety bond, for instance, is partly a response to $76 million in overdue capital and facility needs. Boulder is no exception, however much some former elected officials and candidates like to…