Weld County News

Police arrested a 34-year-old Evans man and a 33-year-old Longmont woman Friday night after investigating a report that a man with a gun in his waistband had made a shooting gesture, with his empty hand, at a family that was inside a car at a convenience store parking lot on the 800 block of Lashley Street.

Jack Meakins, a philanthropist in the Greeley-Evans area who touched an array of people and nonprofits here in his lifetime, died on Friday.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Weld County Sheriff's Cmdr. Donnie Patch rides his horse, Pawnee, past the American flags on display Wednesday morning at the Fallen Officers Memorial during Peace Officers Memorial Day at Bittersweet Park.

Fifty-four Colorado sheriffs have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over two of the gun bills passed during this year's state legislative session.

Weld County, Colo., Sheriff John Cooke, left, with El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, center right, and other sheriffs standing behind him, speaks during a news conference at which he announced that 54 Colorado sheriffs are filing a federal civil lawsuit against two gun control bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, in Denver, Friday, May 17 ... (more)

The driver of a Mazda 3 that crashed on Colo. Highway 52 just west of Weld County Road 3 late Friday morning was flown to Denver Health Medical Center and police have closed the highway to investigate.

Greeley police were investigating a large fight Thursday night at the Road Kill Sports Grill that involved biker gangs, reports of gun shots and possible injuries.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Scott Chartier lassos a saddle as he talks to a group of students during the Centennial Village's History Festival on Thursday afternoon at Centennial Village.

If you hear a tornado siren on Saturday, don't worry, it just a test.unless of course it's a real tornado.

About 200 people gathered yesterday for the Weld County Peace Officer's Memorial Ceremony at the Fallen Officer's Memorial in Bittersweet Park in Greeley.

Two-term Weld County Commissioner Douglas Rademacher won't run for a third, he announced last week.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Greg Rhodes, Division Five Operations Chief, stands near one of the ambulances Tuesday morning at Fire Station 1, 100 7th St., in Windsor.

Five Weld County high schools are graduating ahead of most others with early ceremonies this weekend and a mid-week pomp and circumstance next week.

A Weld County jury on Tuesday convicted a man of endangering public transportation and harassment after he was accused of attacking a 56-year-old Greeley-Evans Transit bus driver.

A group of Weld County residents has threatened to sue the Board of Weld County Commissioners if it doesn't revise an ordinance introduced several weeks ago that aims to protect their Second Amendment rights.

JIM RYDBOM/jrydbom@greeleytribune.com This years alfalfa crop has not grown as fast due to recent cold temperatures in Weld County.

A former Weld County sheriff's deputy on Monday announced his run for sheriff, a position that will be up for grabs in the 2014 election.

The Weld County Sheriff's Office arrested on Monday night a Centennial man who was accused of pointing a gun at other motorists on Interstate 25 near Johnstown.

Larry Lande's mission to rebuild Colorado's deeply diminished dry bean industry took the Weld County resident south of the border in recent weeks.

I have the ultimate respect for those who protect us in our armed forces. I also have a great respect for those who serve and protect us at home.