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Preparing for the "law of the land"

The White House recently released its official statement about H.R. 1, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, touting its historic investment in securing America’s strategic interest in the Arctic, its “permanent tax relief” for small...

Operation Midnight Hammer began at midnight on Friday, and as the early hours of Saturday, June 21, 2025 began, over 125 aircraft, including seven B2 stealth bombers carrying the operation’s main strike package, launched from the Whiteman Air...

No Kings in Nederland

“When they come for social security and Medicaid, who are they messing with? They’re messing with old hippies,” said one of the many protesters who gathered at the Peace Sculpture Garden, off of Highway 119 in Nederland, on Saturday, June 14,...

Two weeks ago, the Peak Report detailed the house and senate bills that had come before the Colorado General Assembly for final discussion and review, as the Regular Session came to a close on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. 10 of those bills debated in...

The Colorado General Assembly 2025 Regular Session originally convened on January 8, 2025, and ends on Wednesday, May 7. As the session comes to a close, several of the house and senate bills voted on over the last week reflect the state’s...

  Rumors spread on Monday, April 21, 2025, that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE/Musk) was to appear at the U.S. Department of Commerce building on South Broadway in Boulder, to presumably visit the offices of the...

Peak Report: Hands Off!

Colorado joined the rest of the country on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in holding peaceful protests under the banner of “Hands Off!,” an organized national movement against President Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk’s perceived “power grab” of American...

Peak Report: The Fighting Oligarchy Tour

Colorado has been making national news as of late, with Denver serving as the epicenter of political demonstrations and protests, and a portrait in the State Capitol drawing President Donald J. Trump’s ire.  “Colorado, you have always been...

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston went before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at Capitol Hill to testify in an investigation into “sanctuary cities.” Johnston was joined by mayors Eric Adams of New...

Peak Report: Voting with your dollars

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, President Donald J Trump addressed the nation with an over 90 minute speech, touting his Administration’s executive orders, which were met with cheers from Republicans, and were fact-checked by Democrats in the crowd in...

Last week, Congressman Joe Neguse addressed the Nederland community during a Town Hall meeting that focused on the Democrat’s strategies for fighting against the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional executive orders. Neguse reinforced the...

Peak Report: Mountains in view

Follow up: Last week the Peak Report presented the potential impact that tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration will have on local businesses. These additional taxes on imported goods will affect retail and restaurants, driving up the...

Peak Report: The tariff effect

Follow up: Last week the Peak Report covered the potential impact that the Trump Administration’s proposed federal funding freeze will have, or is having, on the Town of Nederland and Boulder County. On Monday, February 3, 2025, U.S. District...

Peak Report: Federal funding freeze

On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, the Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) received a brief report from Town Administrator Jonathan Cain regarding the potential impact of a freeze on federal funding. Though the BOT heard of which major Town projects are...

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