WTI Crude futures contracts set for May delivery has plummeted into the negative. This is completely unprecedented price action and a window into the demand collapse for oil across the US. As cars sit in garages and planes sit on runways, oil reserves have been filled with the brim, causing those holding the futures contracts […]

Boulder is as town packed with entrepreneurs, freelancers, and contract workers of all types and, like many, these people are under extreme financial straights during the pandemic. Fortunately, the CARES act passed by Congress provides unemployment benefits for those workers, however Colorado currently has no system in place to file as a freelancer/contract worker. Here […]

Happy snow day! While this is a big April storm, how does it stack up to recorded history? Here are the biggest April snowstorm totals since 1881: April 23, 1885: 23″ April 24-25, 1935: 19″ April 17-19, 1920: 18.2″ April 19-20, 1907: 18″ April 2, 1957: 17.3″ April 20-22, 1933: 16.8″ April 26-27, 1972: 15.8″ […]

For those who qualify for the $1200 coronavirus stimulus check but have not received it yet, there are a few options for you: The IRS has a website for those who haven’t filed their tax returns in the last 2 years, as the direct deposit will not work in that case For those who did […]

Governor Polis has extended the stay-at-home order by a few days, now set to end on April 30th. You can read more about the order here.

The Cannonball Run, an illegal race where individuals or teams drive as fast as they can from New York to California, has a new record-holder. The team used the national crisis and empty roads to beat the previous record (which had an average speed of 103MPH) by over 45 minuets, however they haven’t received a […]

While there has definitely been an impact from COVID-19 on the local housing market, The City of Boulder’s medium listing price of homes for sale was over $1,000,000. According to Redfin, the average house in Boulder is on the market for 46 days, however it is hard to find these numbers reliable right now as […]

Standley Lake live streams an eagles nest during hatching season, and there was an unexpected visitor the other night, a competing eagle. Fortunately for the unborn eagles, the parents defended the nest, although it did appear that the eggs were pecked at one point during the last few days, so hopefully the eggs are still […]

Vail Resorts, a massive mountain resort company headquartered in Broomfield, is laying off almost 2000 employees from mountain properties around Colorado. Vail Resorts owns Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, and Keystone, Crested Butte, as well as other properties around the country and world. With the ski/snowboard season cut short due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, mountain resorts […]