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3rd Shot Pickleball celebrates with Grand Opening 2.0
There was plenty of sideline heckling, hooting and hollering at 3rd Shot Pickleball, located at 20 S Bowen St., as it celebrated grand opening 2.0 on Saturday. Although the pickleball club officially opened in November, major improvements and expansion have taken place making cause for a new celebration. “We only...
Longmont police report: May 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.
Remembering Los Seis on the fiftieth anniversary of car bombings that killed 6 Chicanx activists in Boulder
On May 27 and on May 29, 1974, two car bombs exploded in Boulder killing six people and seriously injuring a seventh. The cases were never solved. This was a time of tremendous student activism at the University of Colorado and all those killed and injured were active in UMAS, a Chicanx student group at the University.
11 Colorado cities to get F-16 military flyovers this weekend
AURORA, Colo. — The Colorado National Guard will fly a formation of F-16C Vipers over Colorado communities on Saturday and Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. The 140th Wing will perform flyovers in Aurora and Silverton on Saturday. On Monday, Memorial Day, the Colorado Air National Guard will conduct flyovers...
CU Boulder researchers are building an ‘Eye Of Sauron’, whose gaze pierces harmful gasses
When toxic gasses leak into the atmosphere, they are impossible to see with the naked eye, posing a major threat to public safety. But now, engineers and chemists at the University of Colorado Boulder are working on a technology that will help detect chemical threats before it’s too late.
Fast-growing northern Colorado wins $250 million in loans for new dam, regional water project
Fast-growing northern Colorado won approval for two major water loans from the state this month that will help finance a new dam outside Loveland and a major regional water project northwest of Fort Collins. Vetted by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and approved by a bipartisan group of lawmakers May...
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