John Fryar

Longmont weighs new restrictions on property owners’ ability to kill prairie dogs

June 1, 2018 at 7:05 p.m.

Longmont on Thursday unveiled a draft of potential changes in the city's prairie dog management policies and regulations and is inviting public comment on those revisions.

Longmont approves $3 million deal to end oil and gas surface drilling in city

May 23, 2018 at 12:46 p.m.

Longmont's City Council members voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to give final approval to the聽city's $3 million agreement with TOP Operating and Cub Creek Energy聽that officials have said will end...

Jeremy McReynolds works on a placard during the Rally For Our Rights in Longmont on Saturday afternoon. Demonstrators, some of whom were carrying firearms, were rallying to show their support of Second Amendment rights.

Second Amendment backers should speak at Longmont meeting, Boulder County Libertarians urge

May 21, 2018 at 5:56 p.m.

The Boulder County Libertarian Party is urging "pro-Second Amendment citizens" to show up and speak at Tuesday night's Longmont City Council meeting.

In this Dec. 5, 2012 photo, the sun sets behind an oil pump jack and the Rocky Mountains near Fredrick, Colo.

Longmont oil and gas agreement spawns many questions for city officials

May 16, 2018 at 2:35 p.m.

Longmont's proposed agreement with a pair of oil and gas companies聽won't prohibit drilling for underground deposits inside the city or from wells drilling for deposits under city-owned properties east of...

TOP Operating Co. oil and gas wells near Union Reservoir, which are now under control of Cub Creek Energy. Under an agreement reached with Longmont, the companies would no longer drill from the surfaces of properties within city limits.

Longmont strikes $3M deal to end oil and gas drilling within city limits

May 9, 2018 at 10:28 a.m.

Longmont's City Council on Tuesday gave unanimous approval to a $3 million agreement that city officials have said will essentially end oil and gas drilling within city limits.

Colorado health regulators have proposed strict air-quality rules for oil and gas operations. State-of-the-art air quality monitoring equipment is already deployed by Anadarko. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)<!--IPTC: PLATTEVILLE, CO. - December 17: Anadarko director of environmental health and safety Korby Bracken near the flair stacks for the emission control devices on a tankless, 3 well horizontal battery. The pad has 3 water, oil and gas separators and a test separator. Colorado health regulators have proposed pretty strict new air-quality rules for oil and gas operations. State-of-the-art air quality monitoring equipment is already deployed by Anadarko December 17, 2013 Platteville, CO.

Anadarko plans to plug, abandon wells near Longmont

April 4, 2018 at 8:32 a.m.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has notified Longmont that it intends to begin a "plug and abandon operation" of several wells on a pad east of the city this week, with the...

Crews with Extraction Oil and Gas and state of Colorado officials work on re-plugging an abandoned well Wednesday on private property at 2596 E. Colo 60 near Berthoud.

Oil and gas bill to help cap “orphan wells” gets green light

April 2, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

A proposal to keep unspent money in a budget account used by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to help pay for mitigating environmental impacts of abandoned oil and...

Activists push Longmont to put new restrictions on extermination of prairie dogs

March 11, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

Prairie dog protection activists want the Longmont City Council to impose new restrictions on private property owners' current ability to exterminate prairie dogs.

Rosario Lopez works on the clubhouse at the VerraWest Apartments in Longmont in January.

Longmont resumes discussion about reinstating affordable housing mandate

March 5, 2018 at 9:05 a.m.

Longmont's city staff will seek City Council direction Monday night about what the council members want in any resumed "inclusionary housing" residential development requirement.

David Lucas browses at Grandpa's Pawn & Gun in Longmont on Wednesday afternoon.

Gunbarrel resident urges Longmont to ban assault rifles

March 1, 2018 at 8:10 a.m.

A Gunbarrel resident is urging Longmont leaders to draft and adopt a gun-safety ordinance that would ban assault weapons.

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