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Pamela Johnson
Pamela Johnson is an award-winning journalist with two decades invested in the community of Loveland. She covers education, county government, environmental issues, outdoor recreation and whatever else she finds along the way.
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Loveland’s Railroad Avenue to close near Fairgrounds Park for flood construction project
Railroad Avenue around Fairgrounds Park will be closed starting Monday while crews install a new bridge, widen and raise the road and complete additional flood recovery work.

Body found near Big Thompson in Loveland; sheriff’s office investigating
Deputies are investigating the death of a man found near the Big Thompson River in South Loveland on Saturday night.

Loveland police looking for puppy thieves
Loveland police have released surveillance photos of a man and woman alleged to have stolen a puppy from Town and Country Pet Center in Loveland on Saturday.

Loveland man facing lengthy recovery after being run over in road rage incident
A Loveland man spent a week in the hospital and faces a lengthy recovery after being run over by a vehicle in what police describe as "an act of road...

Woman says she was bitten by bedbugs during stay at Loveland hotel
A woman who says she was bitten by bedbugs while staying at a Loveland hotel has filed complaints with the Better Business Bureau and the Larimer County Department of Health...

“It certainly is a start”: Gov. Hickenlooper signs transportation bill in Big Thompson Canyon
With the newly completed Big Thompson Canyon roadway in the background, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law Thursday a bill to provide millions of dollars in extra funding to transportation...

Loveland rescue dog receives the gift of mobility
When Fozzie entered the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, she was adept at hopping on her front two legs, pulling her paralyzed back legs behind her as...

U.S. 34 opening celebration includes guardrails turned into art
Lafayette artist Beth Stade hand-cut more than 100 small pieces of guardrail from U.S. 34 in the Big Thompson Canyon to commemorate the highway's opening five years after a devastating...

U.S. 34 between Loveland and Estes Park to open Thursday, five years after 2013 flood
The second eight-month closure of the Big Thompson Canyon highway -- the main route between Loveland and Estes Park — ends at 4 p.m. Thursday when the gates will be...

Boat ramps locked to protect Carter, Horsetooth reservoirs from invasive mussels
The boat-ramp gates at Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir will be locked after hours, and the ramp at Pinewood Reservoir will remain locked all season, to protect the waters from...