The Longmont Leader

Boulder County is providing free shuttle service on Fridays, weekends and holidays this summer and fall to carry passengers from Nederland High School (597 County Road 130) to the Hessie Trailhead, a popular entry point for accessing Lost Lake and the Indian Peaks Wilderness area off of Fourth of July Road. No passes, reservations, or fare is required to use the free Hessie Shuttle service.

A new toy, collectibles and antiques shop named St. Nix offers Longmont’s community members opportunities to indulge in or reminisce on their favorite childhood items. For Longmont native Auguste Canode, St. Nix acts as a reliable source for buying vintage video games, which Canode has been collecting since he purchased his first Game Boy in 1995.

The Longmont Leader receives a police report from Longmont Public Safety daily. The police notes are published in full with occasional modifications to exact addresses, individual names and spelling. Please note that the category that the crime is labeled as is limited by police software based on the information the dispatcher receives when the call is made. Longmont Public Safety may edit the category as more information is learned about each case.

The homeless problem in Boulder County is broad, complex and immune to simple solutions, a panel of local experts said Thursday night. Still, there is no better time than now to try some bold moves to get help to the unhoused, they said. Cities and counties could direct COVID-19 relief...

During the early hours of Wednesday morning, Longmont Police stopped a man and woman from trespassing, which led to the woman’s arrest. At 2:32 a.m., a police officer approached the pair in an alley in the 2100 block of Main Street, where the officer suspected they were trying to trespass into a retail store, according to Robin Ericson, the communications and marketing manager of LPD.

AGC Biologics, a leading global biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing company, is expanding its Longmont campus as part of a $30 million plan to broaden the facility’s capabilities. AGC Biologics bought the state-of-the-art Longmont facility in August 2021. It was previously owned by Novartis Gene Therapies. AGC announced this week...

Gas prices continue to hit record highs in the Boulder-Longmont area, along with the rest of the state and country. AAA reported the average price for regular unleaded gas in the Boulder-Longmont area at $4.08 a gallon and $4.13 a gallon statewide, the highest recorded averages according to their reporting.

DENVER (AP) — Between the new line combinations and wrinkles — using five forwards on a power play — there was one big-time constant for St. Louis: Jordan Binnington. Stellar in goal yet again. David Perron scored twice as St. Louis juggled its offensive pairings, Binnington made...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 5,000 firefighters battled multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest on Thursday, including a fire that has destroyed dozens of structures in west Texas and another that's picking up steam again in New Mexico. Evacuation orders remained in place for...

ALBEQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 5,000 firefighters battled multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest on Thursday, including a fire that has destroyed dozens of structures in west Texas and another that's picking up steam again in New Mexico. Evacuation orders remained in place for...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mining company that wants to extract a rare heat-resistant element from the ground under southeast Nebraska says a new report shows the deposit it plans to mine holds a significant amount of other rare elements. NioCorp Developments said Thursday that the latest analysis shows...

DENVER (AP) — AT&T Sportsnet reporter Kelsey Wingert says she's recovering after being struck in the head by a line drive during the ninth inning of the Colorado Rockies' game against the San Francisco Giants earlier this week. “I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head,” Wingert...

On Wednesday May 18, 2022 at approximately 6:58 PM., the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a male mountain biker with a possible broken ankle. A Boulder County Open Space Ranger and Lyons Fire arrived first and hiked to the patient, who was approximately 1.5 miles from the trail head. Members of Rocky Mountain Rescue Group also responded. Rescuers stabilized the injured mountain biker and then using a litter with a wheel, they transported him to an awaiting Ambulance. The 60-year-old male from Lyons Colorado was then transported by American Medical Response (AMR) to an area hospital for treatment. The rescue took approximately one hour.

After a substantial number of Boulder County residents spoke out against a proposed ordinance meant to stop people from living on county-owned land, the Boulder County Commissioners rejected the ordinance. Commissioners Matt Jones and Marta Loachamin did not move forward with the ordinance titled “Limitations on residing on Boulder County-owned...

Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting seeks community input on a proposed Land Use Code update which would allow an Accessory Dwelling to be built as part of the redevelopment of a property where the residence was destroyed by the Marshall Fire. The Boulder County Land Use Code applies to the unincorporated portions of Boulder County, not in incorporated cities and towns.

DENVER (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are talking to Denver Nuggets president Tim Connelly about their vacant president of basketball operations role, The Associated Press has confirmed. The talks were confirmed by a person familiar with the discussions, who spoke with AP on condition of anonymity because neither franchise...

With new telephone numbers in the greater Denver area in high demand, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the implementation of the new 983 area code to overlay the existing 303/720 region, which serves the metropolitan area of Denver and surrounding communities such as Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Castle Rock, Columbine, Englewood, Erie, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Thornton, Westminster and Wheat Ridge.

After four years of searching, the remains of Rita Guiterrez-Garcia have been found. Guiterrez-Garcia was last seen on March 18, 2018 at 3’s Bar in Longmont. She had been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with friends and family. She had left the bar around 2:30 a.m. and Juan Figueroa Jr. was identified as an early suspect.

On Saturday May 21 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. the city of Longmont Library and Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop will host a meet-and-greet for the author and illustrator of “Luli and the Language of Tea,”Newbery Honor and APALA award-winning author Andrea Wang. In her work, Wang explores culture,...

DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in a western Colorado county said Thursday they found no evidence of tampering in the 2020 presidential election as alleged by a clerk who has become a prominent voice among those promoting former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election. The Mesa...