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Longmont police report: April 23, 2024
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.
Mountain Chickadees have Remarkable Memories–with Ability to Recall Locations of 10,000 Hidden Snacks
Lost your keys? Can’t remember where you parked the car? If only you had the memory of a mountain chickadee. These half-ounce birds, with brains slightly larger than a pea, stash tens of thousands of food items like seeds in tree bark, under dead leaves, and inside pinecones across the mountains and can remember their locations with pinpoint accuracy.
Column: Longmont United in negotiations with Anthem
Longmont Leader received a guest column from Debra Mohesky, interim chief executive officer for Longmont United Hospital concerning negotiations with Anthem. I am not new to Colorado however I am new to the Longmont community. During my short time here serving as an Interim Chief Executive Officer, I have quickly realized how important our hospital is to this community. Longmont United Hospital has had a presence in this community since 1906 and we have the privilege of serving the people of this community when they are at their greatest need. We also realize that this particular area of Northern Colorado is rapidly growing and is the second fastest growing community in all of Colorado. People choose to move here because of the beauty of the mountains, the outdoor activities, and what this community has to offer even new residents, like myself and my family.
In closing arguments of Christian Glass homicide trial, prosecutors say Glass was ‘tortured’ by law enforcement while defense describes an armed man driving under the influence
Prosecutors on Thursday said they didn’t blame Christian Glass for refusing to get out of his own car in the last hour of his life. In closing arguments to a jury in Georgetown in the trial of Andrew Buen, the former sheriff’s deputy charged in the 22-year-old Boulder man’s homicide, Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum compared Glass to an animal in a cage, who was poked, prodded and tortured by law enforcement.
CBI deactivates Senior Alert for missing man last seen in Thornton
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation deactivated a Senior Alert for a missing man last seen in Thornton after he was found safe. He was last seen in the area of 120th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Longmont horses help with mental health
Nineteen horses, three mini-horses, two miniature donkeys and a herd of goats and sheep work with people to alleviate anxiety, depression and PTSD at Medicine Horse ranch just outside Longmont. Medicine Horse is a nonprofit organization that offers licensed therapist-led group sessions for free to veterans, people in recovery from...
Fire destroys home of family already facing cancer battle
LAFAYETTE, Colo. — A house fire in Lafayette has left a family with nothing, adding to a year already fraught with hardship. The fire consumed the family's home on Flatiron Drive early Saturday morning. Robert Rodriguez, his wife Kathy Rodriguez and Robert's father Felix Rodriguez narrowly escaped. The cause...
GDC celebrates Celiac Awareness Month at Colorado’s largest gluten free restaurant ‘Just Be Kitchen’
May marks Celiac Awareness Month and Colorado’s largest gluten free restaurant, ‘Just Be Kitchen’, wants to help provide anyone with celiac tasty and fulfilling meals! They’ve just expanded, opening up another location in Boulder and today we’re honored to have the founder, Jennifer Peters in studio!
Sophomore duo takes second in American Statistical Association Competition
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Raleigh Martin, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Williston, ND, and Emma Osborn, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Firestone, Colo., secured second place in the December 2023 Introductory Statistics Class Project Competition held by the American Statistical Association. Their project aimed to determine the most...
‘Significant’ cost to repair Brighton’s broken sirens
The city of Brighton is alerting residents ahead of severe weather season that their outdoor alarm systems are currently down. FOX31's Rachel Saurer hears from city officials about the system's issues and what's next.
No one happy with Longmont nonprofit's $100K theft plea agreement
Both sides claimed partial defeat when Loveland arts educator Brittany Grim accepted a plea agreement in Larimer County District Court on Monday. Grim plead guilty to a Class 1 misdemeanor – misuse of a financial transaction device – ending a bitterly divisive case in which she faced two felony charges of stealing up to $100,000 from the Harrington Arts Alliance youth arts academy she cofounded in 2011. Grim was given...
April 24, 2024: Colorado’s evolving law to protect newborns whose mothers use drugs; Ants and climate change
April 24, 2024: Colorado’s evolving law to protect newborns whose mothers use drugs; Ants and climate change. It's tricky to protect newborns whose mothers use drugs; how Colorado's law has evolved to serve infants and families. Then, ants are sensitive to temperature, and in a canyon in Boulder, climate change means they're on the move. Also, a prison art exhibit at the state Capitol. And, a chorus of men finds self-acceptance on the Green River.
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