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News pulse · Boulder

What is the news saying in Boulder?

Volume, tone and category mix of news attention on Boulder.

AI verdict · codex · ground-checked

The current news mood is uneasy: 40% of coverage reads negative, and crime attention rose 105% in the latest window while public safety rose 50%. Those are shifts in attention, not proof that daily life worsened, but they leave the city's recent news feeling distinctly more anxious.

WATCH Watch whether crime-heavy coverage persists or gives way to infrastructure, housing and emergency concerns.
Monthly volume
2026-05-01: 42023-012026-054
Sentiment mix
positivepositive: 1,1931,193negativenegative: 607607mildly negativemildly negative: 508508mildly positivemildly positive: 446446very negativevery negative: 215215very positivevery positive: 169169somewhat positivesomewhat positive: 101101nonenone: 6868
Category mix
businessbusiness: 962962local newslocal news: 878878politicspolitics: 776776crimecrime: 583583sportssports: 581581educationeducation: 421421governmentgovernment: 395395technologytechnology: 378378environmentenvironment: 361361weatherweather: 307307real estatereal estate: 306306financefinance: 265265

news location-tagging corpus · sentiment skew is a property of news

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