Longmont Police Department

Longmont Emergency Unit Lt. Ryan Medhurst walks back to his vehicle to grab brooms and shovels to help police clean up broken glass from a crash at U.S. 287 and Park Ridge Avenue in Longmont on Friday, March 27, 2026. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

A volunteer group has helped Longmont police during emergencies for decades. Money trouble puts its future in question.

By Celia Frazier

May 17, 2026 at 12:55 p.m.

The Longmont Emergency Unit, founded in 1957, has struggled in recent years with finding enough...

A photo of 16-year-old Savannah Pineda is projected onto a screen set up by the photographer at the intersection of West 92nd Avenue and Harlan Street in Westminster, where she was killed in a crash during a police pursuit on Dec. 29, 2021. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

More people died in police chases in this Denver suburb than in the state’s biggest cities

By Shelly Bradbury

April 20, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Denver Post examined the region鈥檚 approach to police pursuits after the Aurora Police Department...

A structure fire burns at a building located on the old sugar factory property in the 11900 block of Sugar Mill Road in Boulder County on March 25, 2025. (Provided by Boulder County Sheriff's Office)

Abandoned sugar factory near Longmont catches fire overnight

By Lauren Penington

March 25, 2025 at 9:07 a.m.

Crews were not able to fight the fire at the abandoned sugar factory because of...

Longmont police officer sued for alleged malicious prosecution in financial crimes case

By Katie Langford

January 24, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The lawsuit claims the officer 鈥渞an with鈥� made-up stories by the plaintiff's sister and failed...

Police work the scene of an officer-involved shooting on the 11900 block of East 16th Avenue on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Aurora. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Colorado on track to see deadliest year for police shootings since 2020, data shows

By Lauren Penington

November 11, 2024 at 6:03 a.m.

So far in 2024, 36 people have been killed by police and another 20 have...

A Longmont Police patch on the uniform of an officer. (File photo)

One killed in shooting after fight outside Speakeasy bar in Longmont

By Nicky Andrews

March 29, 2024 at 9:49 p.m.

According to a Longmont Public Safety release, at 12:32 a.m. Friday police responded to two...

The lights of an ambulance. (Matthew Jonas 鈥� Staff Photographer)

Skydiver dies Saturday in Longmont

By Jacob Factor

January 28, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

A 36-year-old man died Saturday afternoon while skydiving in Longmont

Missing Indigenous Longmont girl found safe

By Jacob Factor

January 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

An Indigenous Longmont teenage girl from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe reported missing Saturday evening has...

CRASH8270.jpg An AMR ambulance leaves the scene of a school bus roll over crash on Colo. 7 near mile marker 25 on Monday. 5 people were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries. Go to timescall.com for more photos.
Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer Dec. 7, 2015

3-year-old girl injured in Longmont drive-by shooting

By Jacob Factor

December 14, 2023 at 2:18 p.m.

An ambulance took the 3-year-old girl to a hospital for surgery, and officials said she...

Andrew Ritchie, convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder after deliberation as a conspirator in the fatal shooting of a postal carrier in Longmont, at his first court appearance in October 2021. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Man found guilty in first-degree murder of postal carrier in Longmont, sentenced to life

By Nicky Andrews

September 29, 2023 at 11:25 a.m.

Andrew Ritchie, the second defendant in the Longmont shooting of a postal carrier, has been...

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