Larimer County Commissioner Tom Donnelly announced Feb. 3 that he will seek re-election to the Board of County Commissioners in 2012.
Donnelly was first elected District 3 Commissioner in 2008. Commissioners must live in the District they represent but are elected countywide. District 3 is the southernmost district in Larimer County and includes the municipalities [...]
The Poudre School District will be closed Feb. 3 due to the snow that began falling Thursday evening and continued through the night. An email was sent to parents and staff about about 5 a.m. Friday, and the announcement posted on the website at www.psd.k12.co.us.
Parents and staff can also call the school closure [...]
Thank you LaPorte Hardware for the recycle bin!!
I’m sure you noticed it was gone for a couple of weeks in January. This is something that the hardware store offers to the community as a free service for us. Let’s have some respect and common sense as we recycle there.
If the bin [...]
In 2011, 587,000 acres of pine trees in Larimer County showed some level of active infestation by the mountain pine beetle.
That finding is among the results of an annual aerial insect and disease survey released by the Colorado State Forest Service and U.S. Forest Service this week.
For the second consecutive year, the [...]
More →The board of directors of the Health District of Northern Larimer County voted Jan. 30 to provisionally approve amendments to the operating lease under which Poudre Valley Health System (PVHS) operates the Health District-owned Poudre Valley Hospital.
The board’s action was in response to a request by PVHS for changes required to enable a joint [...]
More →Charles Porter of Red Feather Lakes remains in intensive care at the Medical Center of the Rockies after suffering serious injuries in a one-car accident on Saturday, Jan. 28.
According to the Colorado State Patrol, Porter, 35, was traveling southbound on County Road 73C, Creedmore Lake Road, near Red Feather Lakes Elementary School at about [...]
More →The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division today announced that it will re-propose the portion of its regulation on child labor in agriculture interpreting the “parental exemption.” The decision to re-propose is in part a response to requests from the public and members of Congress that the agency allow an opportunity for more [...]
More →Walk-in and online registration for spring youth flag football, youth soccer, and adult coed soccer opens Feb. 6 and closes Feb. 24. Registration fees are $50 for ages 8-9 & 10-12 soccer and ages 9-11 flag football. All other age groups are $40. Adult coed soccer is $300 per team (minimum age 16). Walk-in registration [...]
More →Local science writer and illustrator, Gary Raham, author of 17 titles of science fact and science fiction, reveals all at 1 p.m. on March 10, at Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins. During “Confessions of a Time Traveler” he will revisit some of his fossil-hunting explorations in Colorado, read from recent works, share tips with [...]
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