Lafayette News

A science project left on a school bus this morning led Boulder police to lock down Fairview High with the school's students corralled in the gym and auditorium, shut down streets and bring in the department's bomb squad.

Tom Chinn chose law enforcement as a career 40 years ago and has never turned back.

Hello again, my fuzzy-faced friends, have I mentioned that you should know about the little Colorado-based company called The Mod Cabin ? In addition to a nice selection of surprisingly manly bath and body products, they also make a selection of oils for your beard.

Students go on lunch break at Centaurus High School on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, the day after a pipe bomb was found inside the Lafayette school.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old male Centaurus High School student after an explosive device described as a pipe bomb was found at the Lafayette school on Monday.

Lafayette police close roads near Centaurus Hight this morning to investigate a suspicious bag found at the school.

"Investigation at Centaurus HS is for suspicious bag," Lafayette Police tweeted.

The jolt of the electric car charging station could soon be coming to Boulder County's eastern border if Erie's elected leaders decide on Tuesday to move forward with a plan to install one in town.

Business was brisk at today's debut of the Jax Farmers Market in Lafayette, with residents stopping by to check out an array of 20 vendors and the progress on revitalizing the Lafayette Marketplace shopping center.

The Broomfield Art Guild last week announced a regional exhibition for artists 18 and older from Broomfield, Erie, Lafayette and Louisville.

The brand new Jax Farmers Market in Lafayette is debuting on Sunday behind the Jax Farm & Ranch store at 400 W. South Boulder Road, at the newly revamped Lafayette Marketplace shopping center.

AvaDan LLC acquired 3.29 acres in the Colorado Technology Center in Lafayette from California-based Hill Properties and plans to break ground on a 40,000-square-foot flex building in July.

Boulder County will move its east county clerk and recorder's office from Main Street in Louisville to 1376 Miners Drive in Lafayette.

The U.S. Postal Service is holding its "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive Saturday. Collect and bag non-perishable food items and place by mailbox for letter carrier to pick up.

Boulder County, Lafayette and Erie are set to open an additional 2.4 miles of the Coal Creek Trail on Wednesday, with the remainder of the $1.4 million trail expected to open later this summer.

The annual list of America's top public high schools from Newsweek is out. The list ranks the top 2,000 public schools for 2013.

Music, food and drink are themes of retail stores open or slated to open in the 93,000-square-foot shopping center around the Jax Ranch and Home store at 400 W. South Boulder Road.

"When I was your age, I didn't know there was a Supreme Court," Sotomayor told 100 Colorado middle- and high-school students Thursday morning.

Property owners with questions about the values assigned to their properties may call the assessor's office at 303-441-4830; email bouldercountyassessor.org ; send a letter to the Boulder County Assessor's Office, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306; or fax the question to 303-441-4996. the Boulder County Assessor's Office, 1325 Pearl St., from 8 a.m.

Last year, Lafayette kept 6,000 plastic garbage bags out of the landfill by requiring residents who wanted yard waste picked up at the curb to use compostable bags.