James Burky
@bamesjurky.bsky.social
Reporter for the Boulder Daily Camera | You may remember me from such jobs as The GJ Sentinel, Met Media and Denver Post | Noted hip hop enjoyer
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James Burky
@bamesjurky.bsky.social
· Aug 9
Uncertainty looms over Boulder’s iconic NOAA labs site
The murky future of Boulder’s four NOAA research labs has brought renewed attention to their economic, scientific and cultural importance.
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Boulder’s NOAA labs are iconic and integral to the city’s identity and pride. The future of those labs are murky, so I spoke with former NOAA employees and former congressman David Skaggs about the labs’ impact for today’s Camera. Check it out.
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Moderates are up after the first drop of votes in the Boulder City Council race, which represents early voting. In the past, the early votes tend to lean moderate/conservative
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/04/b...
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Boulder City Council race has Benjamin, Wallach, Kaplan, Robins leading in first drop for 2025 election
Leaders are emerging from the 11 candidates vying for the four open seats in the Boulder City Council candidates.
www.dailycamera.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Moderates are up after the first drop of votes in the Boulder City Council race, which represents early voting. In the past, the early votes tend to lean moderate/conservative
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/04/b...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/04/b...
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The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
Today, Monopoly unveiled its Boulder Edition at the Museum of Boulder. Simultaneously, I met my sleep paralysis demon.
Story to come in the Camera this weekend
(About Monopoly or my new terror? Stay tuned….)
Story to come in the Camera this weekend
(About Monopoly or my new terror? Stay tuned….)
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Today, Monopoly unveiled its Boulder Edition at the Museum of Boulder. Simultaneously, I met my sleep paralysis demon.
Story to come in the Camera this weekend
(About Monopoly or my new terror? Stay tuned….)
Story to come in the Camera this weekend
(About Monopoly or my new terror? Stay tuned….)
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INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST TEAM
September 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST TEAM
Boulder's recommended 2026 budget, released today, proposes laying off three filled positions and 16 vacant ones. The city has been on a hiring freeze since June
August 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Boulder's recommended 2026 budget, released today, proposes laying off three filled positions and 16 vacant ones. The city has been on a hiring freeze since June
JUST IN: The Boulder County Coroner has released the autopsy report of Karen Diamond, the 82-year-old woman who died from injuries sustained in the June 1 antisemitic firebombing attack on the Pearl Street Mall. Coroner estimates 49.25% of her body's surface area was burned
August 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
JUST IN: The Boulder County Coroner has released the autopsy report of Karen Diamond, the 82-year-old woman who died from injuries sustained in the June 1 antisemitic firebombing attack on the Pearl Street Mall. Coroner estimates 49.25% of her body's surface area was burned
INBOX: Boulder Run for Their Lives, the same Jewish group targeted in the June 1 firebombing attack, is no longer publicly advertising their weekly demonstrations out of safety concerns
#copolitics
#copolitics
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
INBOX: Boulder Run for Their Lives, the same Jewish group targeted in the June 1 firebombing attack, is no longer publicly advertising their weekly demonstrations out of safety concerns
#copolitics
#copolitics
Boulder’s NOAA labs are iconic and integral to the city’s identity and pride. The future of those labs are murky, so I spoke with former NOAA employees and former congressman David Skaggs about the labs’ impact for today’s Camera. Check it out.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/09/b...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/09/b...
Uncertainty looms over Boulder’s iconic NOAA labs site
The murky future of Boulder’s four NOAA research labs has brought renewed attention to their economic, scientific and cultural importance.
www.dailycamera.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Boulder’s NOAA labs are iconic and integral to the city’s identity and pride. The future of those labs are murky, so I spoke with former NOAA employees and former congressman David Skaggs about the labs’ impact for today’s Camera. Check it out.
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/09/b...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/09/b...
BREAKING: An 82-year-old woman died from injuries sustained during the June 1 antisemitic firebombing on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall last Wednesday, the Boulder Jewish Community Center announced in a Monday email
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
BREAKING: An 82-year-old woman died from injuries sustained during the June 1 antisemitic firebombing on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall last Wednesday, the Boulder Jewish Community Center announced in a Monday email
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The Florida-based crisis PR firm helping convene a "Boulder Emergency Summit" with state and local leaders in the wake of the anti-Semitic Pearl Street attack has a notable recent history in Colorado politics, as the source of the most sensational claims about Venezuelan gangs taking over Aurora.
June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Florida-based crisis PR firm helping convene a "Boulder Emergency Summit" with state and local leaders in the wake of the anti-Semitic Pearl Street attack has a notable recent history in Colorado politics, as the source of the most sensational claims about Venezuelan gangs taking over Aurora.
Of course, Monday mornings aren’t a peak time for Pearl Street. Still, the city ambiance and overcast sky are eerie
June 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Of course, Monday mornings aren’t a peak time for Pearl Street. Still, the city ambiance and overcast sky are eerie
ICYMI: A string of cyclist and pedestrian deaths, and the closing of the trial of Magnus White’s killing, has brought renewed attention to cyclist safety in Boulder and the front range
“You never know whose life you’re going to save”
www.dailycamera.com/2025/06/01/b...
“You never know whose life you’re going to save”
www.dailycamera.com/2025/06/01/b...
Boulder cycling community hopes for continued safety efforts
A series of cyclist and pedestrian deaths along the Front Range has brought renewed attention to road safety.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ICYMI: A string of cyclist and pedestrian deaths, and the closing of the trial of Magnus White’s killing, has brought renewed attention to cyclist safety in Boulder and the front range
“You never know whose life you’re going to save”
www.dailycamera.com/2025/06/01/b...
“You never know whose life you’re going to save”
www.dailycamera.com/2025/06/01/b...
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Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer
May 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please enjoy this stock photo the local CBS affiliate chose for a story about traffic this summer
Just in: Operations have been suspended for The Source, a 14-bed 24/7 youth homeless shelter in Boulder
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/13/b...
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Boulder youth homeless shelter suspends its work at The Source
Operations have been suspended for The Source, a 24/7 shelter for people aged 12 to 24 years, according to a press release.
www.dailycamera.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just in: Operations have been suspended for The Source, a 14-bed 24/7 youth homeless shelter in Boulder
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/13/b...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/13/b...
ICYMI: A Boulder-area activist and ex-local NAACP member has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Boulder, PD Chief Stephen Redfearn and city manager Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/01/f...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/01/f...
Former local NAACP member sues Boulder, police chief and city manager
The City of Boulder, chief of police Stephen Redfearn and city manager Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde are named in a civil lawsuit accusing them of violating a man’s constitutional rights.
www.dailycamera.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
ICYMI: A Boulder-area activist and ex-local NAACP member has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Boulder, PD Chief Stephen Redfearn and city manager Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/01/f...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/01/f...
ICYMI: Spurring economic growth in downtown Boulder (especially just south of Pearl) is a hot topic.
The homeless community and their advocates, though, worry what that means for them.
The homeless community and their advocates, though, worry what that means for them.
Homeless advocates question planned Boulder civic area facelift
Plans for economic revitalization in downtown Boulder is leaving the city’s homeless population and its advocates worried
www.dailycamera.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ICYMI: Spurring economic growth in downtown Boulder (especially just south of Pearl) is a hot topic.
The homeless community and their advocates, though, worry what that means for them.
The homeless community and their advocates, though, worry what that means for them.
ICYMI: Protesters over the war in Gaza continues to dominate Boulder City Council meetings, which led Thursday’s meeting to enter a brief recess three times and for the chamber to be cleared
www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/18/i...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/18/i...
Israel-Hamas protest arises again at Boulder City Council meeting
Boulder City Council’s Thursday meeting got going with a couple dozen concerned members of the public in the audience. It ended with an empty audience section in the council chambers after a city o…
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April 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
ICYMI: Protesters over the war in Gaza continues to dominate Boulder City Council meetings, which led Thursday’s meeting to enter a brief recess three times and for the chamber to be cleared
www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/18/i...
www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/18/i...
I have some big news to share: My time with the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel is coming to an end. I'm taking over as the new city reporter at the Boulder Daily Camera on April 8.
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I have some big news to share: My time with the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel is coming to an end. I'm taking over as the new city reporter at the Boulder Daily Camera on April 8.
ICYMI: A student club at Colorado Mesa University has invited a white supremacist to speak on campus later this month. Students in vulnerable communities are worried this will lead to more harassment.
White supremacist invited to speak at CMU by student club
A white supremacist is slated to speak at Colorado Mesa University, sparking concerns from students and a response from school administration.
www.gjsentinel.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
ICYMI: A student club at Colorado Mesa University has invited a white supremacist to speak on campus later this month. Students in vulnerable communities are worried this will lead to more harassment.
If you are a Colorado Mesa University student who wants to speak about the white supremacist speaker invited to campus, message me or DM me for my signal
March 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If you are a Colorado Mesa University student who wants to speak about the white supremacist speaker invited to campus, message me or DM me for my signal
NEWS: I am moving back to the Sentinel's news desk after nearly 4 years covering sports. I'm beyond grateful for my time and will certainly be covering sports here and there (especially football) but I'm excited to tell new stories in the Grand Valley
February 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEWS: I am moving back to the Sentinel's news desk after nearly 4 years covering sports. I'm beyond grateful for my time and will certainly be covering sports here and there (especially football) but I'm excited to tell new stories in the Grand Valley
What’s that cooking? It’s pure, unbridled hype. I’m at Ball Arena for the 2025 CHSAA state wrestling championships
I’ll have coverage of all Western Slope teams on here, X and 🧵, and at gjsentinel.com
#copreps
I’ll have coverage of all Western Slope teams on here, X and 🧵, and at gjsentinel.com
#copreps
February 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
What’s that cooking? It’s pure, unbridled hype. I’m at Ball Arena for the 2025 CHSAA state wrestling championships
I’ll have coverage of all Western Slope teams on here, X and 🧵, and at gjsentinel.com
#copreps
I’ll have coverage of all Western Slope teams on here, X and 🧵, and at gjsentinel.com
#copreps
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shame... celebrate all you want but this kind of vandalism is never acceptable
February 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
shame... celebrate all you want but this kind of vandalism is never acceptable
I'm at Fruita Monument High School for the Class 5A Region 1 Wrestling tournament. Grapplers punch their ticket to the state tournament today. So, to quote De La Soul, stakes is high
#copreps
#copreps
February 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm at Fruita Monument High School for the Class 5A Region 1 Wrestling tournament. Grapplers punch their ticket to the state tournament today. So, to quote De La Soul, stakes is high
#copreps
#copreps
ICYMI: The loss of his parents, playing at a small high school in the Rocky Mountains You name it, Noah Perez-Sarria faced it. Now, the former Colorado Mesa Wide Receiver has a shot with the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League.
My latest:
My latest:
Ex-CMU receiver Perez-Sarria had trying path to profesional indoor football's Green Bay Blizzard
Noah Perez-Sarria doesn’t play football because of some deep-seated desire for superstardom or to have his shot in the NFL.
www.gjsentinel.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
ICYMI: The loss of his parents, playing at a small high school in the Rocky Mountains You name it, Noah Perez-Sarria faced it. Now, the former Colorado Mesa Wide Receiver has a shot with the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League.
My latest:
My latest: