🌱 Superior Woman Still Missing + NAACP Show + Hospitals Stressed

Brad K. Evans
·3 min read

Good morning, Boulder! Here's what is going on today in Boulder.

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Here are the top five stories today in Boulder:

  1. Woman still missing two weeks after Marshall fire. Nadine Turnbull, 91, lived in a home that burned on the outskirts of the town of Superior and the search is still on for the only person still missing in December's Boulder County wildfire. (CO Sun)

  2. Exhibit by Boulder NAACP an opportunity to reflect on the civil rights movement. Walk With Me opened on January 16 at the Dairy Arts Center, and features more than 100 photos by Ernest Withers, a journalist that documented Black history and culture across the South during the 1950s and ’60s. (5280)

  3. Hospital system showing cracks from the pressure of the omicron wave and staff shortages. Colorado’s hospital systems are under intense pressure after weeks of back-to-back impacts from the coronavirus, delivered by the delta and omicron variants. Coming at a time when health care workers are getting infected, and are exhausted from nearly two full years of the pandemic. (CPR)

  4. A sense of community begins to evolve after the Marshall Fire. While the lives of those impacted by the the Marshall fire, and try to reimagine their future, previous disasters reveal how fire reshapes the natural and human landscapes. (CO Sun)

  5. For Boulder County businesses, vaccine verification largely a ‘lifeline.’ The vaccine verification program allows exemption from the mask mandate if businesses verify that at least 95% of people in the indoor space are fully vaccinated. (CO Daily)

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Today in Boulder:

  • Walk With Me: Boulder County NAACP at Silver Creek High School, Longmont. (10 a.m. – noon)

  • Marshall Fire Relief: $40 Tattoo Event. (Noon – 8 p.m.)

  • Let Us Be Dissatisfied Until… Motus Theater, Dairy Arts Center. (3-4 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Boulder County Government: "FREE HOT MEALS: Over 100 area restaurants are offering free, hot meals to those affected by the #MarshallFire, thanks to Restaurants Revive, a group of Boulder and Denver area restaurants, in partnership with World Central Kitchen and Co..." (Facebook)

  • Marshall Fire: List of businesses destroyed or damaged in the Marshall Fire. (FOX 31)

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You're all caught up for today! See you all Tuesday morning for another update. — Brad K. Evans

This article originally appeared on the Boulder Patch