Boulder County News

Boulder County's moratorium on processing new applications for oil and gas drilling in unincorporated areas will end, as scheduled, on June 10, county commissioners decided Tuesday.

In the heart of Longmont's main street stands a proud, locally owned microbrew serving frothy and original brews and burgers good enough to write home about.

While nearly 20 dreamers will graduate this week from the I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County, a new class of students is being welcomed into the program.

Boulder rangers rescued a University of Colorado student over the weekend after she got high on mushrooms and took off all her clothes while climbing the Third Flatiron, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

Susan Finnegan, Vyckee Keys and her daughter Alexandra Keyes, age 13, pause during the moment of silent remembrance at the Boulder County AIDS Project's participation in the International AIDS Candlelight Vigil on Sunday evening May 19th, 2013 in Boulder Colorado.

A science project left on a school bus this morning led Boulder police to lock down Fairview High with the school's students corralled in the gym and auditorium, shut down streets and bring in the department's bomb squad.

Chris Winn, right, makes the corner of McCaslin and Colo. Hwy 128 to go on to win the Superior Morgul Road Race on Sunday.

When the weather gets warm in Longmont, the windows open. The yard work starts. And the train horn complaints begin to pile up all over again.

Boulder County residents dealing for months with heavy traffic backups on the Diagonal Highway may be in for a frustrating summer after the Colorado Department of Transportation last week confirmed a cold, wet spring has pushed back completion of construction at the intersections of Jay and Niwot roads.

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In the training room on the second floor of the Longmont Police Department on Thursday, new badges were pinned to the chests of five officers who had earned big promotions.

Bee swarm hotline: If you find yourself with an unwanted swarm of bees on your property -- they usually cluster in the size of a football -- you can have the swarm safely removed by calling the Bee Swarm Hotline at 720-443-2331. Read the U.S. Department of Agriculture's May 7 report on Colony Collapse Disorder: http://1.usa.gov/uUL8 Longmont's Tony ... (more)

The future arrived today for hundreds of young men and women across Boulder and Broomfield counties as caps flew, smiles blossomed and the high school years came to a close with joyful celebrations.

Boulder County will assess impact fees on oil and gas companies drilling and operating future wells in unincorporated Boulder County to mitigate the wear and tear that their heavy trucks and other vehicles are projected to cause on county roads.

Boulder County residents can see examples of how water is a critical component of farming operations in the county, during an all-day June 8 tour highlighting those water resources.

Nederland- and Eldora-area residents, along with any outdoor recreation enthusiasts who might be using the popular Hessie Trailhead to get access to the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Devils Thumb and Lost Lake areas this summer, are being invited to a Tuesday night discussion of Boulder County's shuttle program.

Colorado sheriffs upset with new state gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings are trying to invalidate the regulations with a federal lawsuit filed Friday that argues the measures violate the Second Amendment.

The unemployment rate in Boulder County decreased to 5.1 percent in April, compared with 5.4 percent in March, according to a labor report released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

The Boulder County Fairgrounds' popular "osprey cam" is off the air and likely will remain that way for the rest of this year's nesting season.

On Tuesday, Boulder County commissioners are to revisit the issue of whether they'll once again extend their current temporary moratorium on processing new applications for drilling for oil and gas in unincorporated parts of the county.