Morning Brief: Boulder County Parks & Open Space hosts annual Crafts and Trades of Olden Days

Photo provided by Boulder County Parks and Open Space On Sunday, September 9, 2018, Boulder County Parks and Open Space is hosting a Crafts and Trades of Olden Days event at the Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont , from 10 a.m.

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On Sunday, September 9, 2018, Boulder County Parks and Open Space is hosting a Crafts and Trades of Olden Days event at the Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event offers opportunities for visitors to learn about old-fashioned jobs and traditional arts and crafts that were essential for a life on the farm. Featured activities include soap making, smoking meats, cider making and demonstrations of blacksmithing and candle dipping.

Boulder County files lawsuit against the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission and 8 North, LLC

The following is a press release from Boulder County and is published by the Longmont Observer as a public service.

Earlier today [August 31, 2018], the County Attorney filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission (COGCC) and 8 North, LLC, in the Denver District Court.

The lawsuit appeals the COGCC’s approval of 8 North’s applications for drilling and spacing units and additional well density in two areas of eastern Boulder County. The county alleges that the COGCC committed numerous errors in approving the applications.

For example, the Complaint states that 8 North failed to provide adequate evidence that it owns the mineral rights it claims and the COGCC should not have accepted or relied on the summary and hearsay evidence 8 North did provide.

The county also alleges that the approval was contrary to state statute and that the COGCC’s rules for establishing drilling units are flawed. Although 8 North has indicated that the well pad sites for the approved units will not be in unincorporated Boulder County (one is proposed in Weld County and one in Erie), the county nonetheless has concerns about the effect these pads would have on Boulder County residents and environmental resources in Boulder County, in addition to its concerns about the fairness and adequacy of the COGCC’s procedures.

Reference: Copy of Complaint