Weld RE-4 Preschool Registration Opens
District families can apply now through Colorado’s Universal Preschool program for the 2026–27 school year. Families across Windsor and surrounding Northern Colorado communities can now register for preschool through the Weld RE-4 School District as part of Colorado’s Universal Preschool (UPK) program for the 2026–27...
Larimer County Deputy District Attorneys Win State and Regional Awards
In the final quarter of the year, two of our Deputy District Attorneys were honored for their outstanding prosecution of two recent cases. The first is Deputy District Attorney Brianna Bowker. She was selected as the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Law Officer of the Year. She was chosen for her efforts in People v....
Record-breaking temperatures to bring summer-like sun to Boulder County
Christmas is only three days away, but people in Boulder County’s eastern plains can break out their Hawaiian shirts and shorts, because Monday’s high is a record-breaking 72 degrees in Boulder and Longmont. People in Boulder and Longmont will see highs of 72 on Monday, breaking the record...
EVFPD weekly run report, week of Dec. 14
During the week of Dec. 14, 2025, the Estes Valley Fire Protection District (EVFPD) responded to 16 calls for service. This included: emergency medical (assist EPH): 5; alarm activation: 1; motor vehicle accident (MVA): 1; odor investigation: 1; wires down/arcing: 3; structure fire: 1; mutual aid: 1; possible illegal...
We Checked Out Taco Palace in Fort Collins – The Old Carl’s Jr.
The walls of the building at 421 Cowan Street in Fort Collins, near Mulberry and Riverside still echo with the sounds of hundreds of thousands of customers and tens of thousands of employees it once held.
Deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in 2006 cold case homicide in South Saint Vrain...
BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A jury was unable to reach an unanimous verdict in a cold case murder trial out of Boulder County, centered on a deceased woman found in South Saint Vrain Canyon in 2006. John Michael Angerer, now 56, was on trial for second-degree murder in connection...
Longmont Climbing Collective loses roof during Friday’s high wind event
A Longmont climbing gym is scrambling to reopen after Friday’s high wind event blew the business's roof off.
Trial of suspect in 2006 Boulder homicide ends in mistrial
BOULDER, Colo. — The trial of a man charged in connection with a 2006 homicide ended in a mistrial Monday, Boulder County prosecutors said. John Angerer, 53, was arrested in March 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska, on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the 2006 death of Angela Wilds. Wilds' body was found in...
Timnath’s Finally Getting a Restaurant
For generations, the town has been a quite little village; this place that serves food and cocktails could be the stepping stone to Timnath eventually becoming, not as big as Fort Collins, but maybe Loveland.
Tamale restaurants ready for Christmas rush
EVANS, Colo. — When pastors José and Margaret Ornelas needed money to pay the bills at their church in Platteville, God sent them a recipe for tamales to sell. At least, that’s how their daughter Angel Figueroa tells the story. Pretty soon, “The church became more known...

















