Longmont News

The Weld County Sheriff's Office and the police departments of Frederick, Firestone and Dacono will host a citizens' police academy to education residents about the police departments in southern Weld County.

It started as a way to divert her middle school daughter from the 24/7 news coverage in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept.

Partly sunny today with a high near 35. Tonight, partly cloudy with a low around 17.

Eugene Waara said he fields questions every day about his downtown business, Stonebridge Games.

Police arrested a 27-year-old Longmont man who was wanted on several arrest warrants, including second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and child abuse.

The two women who opened Fabulous Finds Consignment last April didn't have to wonder for long if Longmont would take to the idea of an upscale women's clothing and home decor consignment store.

I would like to say a great big thank you to some wonderful neighbors on Maple Drive in Frederick.

Jean Youngman of Longmont paints a platter Wednesday at Crackpots for the OUR Center s Empty Bowls annual fundraiser.

A few minutes before 7 o'clock on Thursday night, the city of Longmont will be phoning tens of thousands of Longmont residents.

The OUR Center especially needs dry cereal, grains, rice, beans, canned fruits, vegetables and soups, tuna and canned meat, pasta, macaroni and cheese, and tomato products.

Police got at least three Friday reports about criminal mischief or vandalism to motor vehicles.

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Police arrested a man this week who is suspected of using his position within Alcoholics Anonymous to inappropriately touch a woman during a meeting at a Boulder hotel.

A Longmont man who pleaded guilty to violating the state's Organized Crime Control Act and conspiring to distribute drugs as part of an organized ring was sentenced to eight years of community corrections at a Friday hearing in Boulder District Court.

The city of Longmont released a draft of its new oil and gas rules Friday, which include a ban of drilling in residential zones and the potential for increased distance between a well and a home.

Maria Mares, left, and her father Juan Mares, center, talk with Cristina Mejia-Lansing, of the Boulder County Housing Counseling Program, during the Community Job and Resource Fair on Friday in the former Wickes Lumber location, 220 Collyer St.

Cheese Importers, a Longmont staple since 1976, is seeking to relocate its business and sign a long-term lease for the city-owned building at 103 Main St.

A Longmont man who was scheduled to represent himself next week at trial for aggravated robbery accepted a plea deal Friday with Boulder County prosecutors and was sentenced to 32 years in prison.

St. Louis-based Save-A-Lot on Thursday announced Wed., Feb. 15, as the opening date of its new Longmont store at 1750 Main St.

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