Niwot News

Wildlife officers chased a bear into open space today after it was caught getting into trash in the Lake Valley Golf Course neighborhood, east of North Foothills Highway in Niwot, according to the Colorado ...

Tom Theobald, Niwot, Colorado That headline would grab your attention wouldn't it? You wouldn't have to be a rancher or a farmer to understand the seriousness, and your acquaintance with cattle wouldn't have to ...

Jeff Ponzar of Floorcrafters of Boulder installs bamboo flooring at Clo Butcher's house in Niwot on Wednesday.

A new state law now requires all children who are 6 years old by Aug. 1 to attend school, unless they are home-schooled. The 2007 law, which went into effect Tuesday, lowered the age of compulsory attendance ...

About a dozen people lined up outside Argonaut Wine & Liquor in Denver before it opened for business Sunday, the first day liquor stores could sell alcohol on Sundays under a new state law.

Gunbarrel Liquors will remain closed on SUndays. State lawmakers this year rolled back a decades-old "blue law" that banned the sale of booze, cheering the absent-minded and those whom the Sabbath makes ...

VIEW SLIDESHOW NIWOT - It was an interesting Wednesday morning for at least one aerial enthusiast in Boulder County after a hot air balloon ended up in a tree.

By David Milstead , Rocky Mountain News Monday, June 30, 2008 A rotten June, prompted in large part by skyrocketing oil, doomed most of the major U.S. stock indexes.

In the summers of his childhood, Scott Clark's poison ivy rashes were an excuse to hang out at the pool.

Here's a recap of the recent conference hosted by the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains , from The Durango Telegraph .

The superintendent of the St. Vrain Valley School District, which has schools in 13 communities including Longmont, Erie, Lyons, Niwot and Broomfield County, announced late Wednesday his plans to retire after ...

Despite cutting back on driving and increasing the use of hybrid vehicles, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office is expecting to bust its fuel budget by the end of the year.

Rising food and gas prices have the regional food bank scrambling to keep up with increasing demand.

From left: Abigail Hallisey, 7; Ashton Young, 7; Annie Heinritz, 6; Gabrielle Pildner, 6; Bella DeFrancia, 7; and Kela Osaki, 8, eat ice cream and play on the historic Niwot caboose Thursday evening while ...

County commissioners have approved a plan for distributing nearly $534,000 in Scientific and Cultural Facilities District grants to more than 65 recipients.

Power outage hits 18,000 in Boulder County Camera staff Originally published 06:29 a.m., June 9, 2008 Updated 06:29 a.m., June 9, 2008 An outage Sunday afternoon wiped out power to about 18,000 Xcel Energy ...

For a while on Sunday, 18,000 Xcel Energy customers in Boulder County found their electricity had gone with the wind.

Firefighters say coal dust sparked an invisible fire that heated the soil to 800 degrees and burned the feet of an 8-year-old boy.

Tyler Sample , a Mullen High pitcher, went at lucky No. 80 to the KC Royals. Of the professional drafts, technology probably has helped baseball's the most.

Blake Schalk, 4, from Erie is held by his aunt Linda Hunter from Nederland in front of the escalator at FlatIron Crossing Mall in Broomfield Colorado on Wednesday May 28, 2008.