John Fryar

Longmont ordinance would prohibit standing on unsafe traffic medians

April 21, 2017 at 9:14 p.m.

People who stand or sit on traffic medians at nine Longmont intersections would risk being ticketed, under an ordinance up for initial City Council consideration on Tuesday night.

Longmont council doesn’t want downtown pot shops

April 19, 2017 at 7:55 a.m.

If Longmont lifts its pot-shops ban and allows a limited number of businesses to sell marijuana, none should be in the city's core central downtown business district, city council members...

A conveyor belt carries sugar beets to a pile at the Seaworth's farm in Wellington, Nov. 2, 2016.

GMO crops, neonicotinoids will be phased out on Boulder County-owned land

April 14, 2017 at 5:47 p.m.

Boulder County will phase out the cultivation of genetically modified corn and sugar beets and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on county-owned farmland.

Genetically modified sugar beets are havested ...

Boulder County to proceed with GMO crop phaseout

April 14, 2017 at 7:43 a.m.

Boulder County commissioners voted 2-1 on Thursday to approve the latest version of their plan for phasing out the growing of genetically modified corn and sugar beets on county-owned farmland.

An emergency siren is pictured in Longmont in 2015.

Longmont won’t turn on or repair malfunctioning emergency warning sirens

April 5, 2017 at 8:26 a.m.

Longmont City Council members decided Tuesday night against turning on its malfunctioning outdoor emergency warning sirens and the city also won't spend an estimated $500,000 to replace it .

Boulder County may again face legal challenges to new oil, gas regulations

April 4, 2017 at 10:29 a.m.

Boulder County, which already is being sued over the legality of its soon-to-expire moratorium on oil and gas development, may also face legal challenges over new drilling and production regulations...

The 40-year-old cottonwood tree pictured in front of 422 Pratt St. March 14, 2017 will be removed by the city because neighbors have complained about the mess it makes in the spring.

It’s official: Controversial cottonwood in Longmont is coming down on Monday

March 31, 2017 at 7:47 a.m.

Longmont plans to proceed on Monday to remove the cottonwood tree in the 400 block of Pratt Street that had drawn some neighbors' complaints about the cotton it sheds.

A tornado touching down east of Trinidad on Monday, June 13, 2016.

Longmont considers abandoning tornado warning sirens

March 30, 2017 at 2:46 p.m.

Longmont is considering scrapping its outdoor tornado warning sirens after malfunctions last year triggered the system and prompted hundreds of calls to emergency dispatchers.

Boulder DA Stan Garnett decides not to run for Colorado Attorney General

March 27, 2017 at 10:37 a.m.

Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett has decided not to make a second run for Colorado attorney general in next year's statewide election, he announced Monday.

0519FRACK1.jpg Anadarkro drilling rig near Dacono, ...

New Boulder County oil and gas rules subject drillers to “disruption payments” to disturbed neighbors

March 24, 2017 at 2:10 p.m.

The oil and gas industry will have to follow new procedures and satisfy new local government conditions for drilling and operating wells and related facilities in unincorporated parts of Boulder...

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