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• Drought relief for farmers in 43 Colorado counties

  January 9, 2013 8:21 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Thirty of Colorado's 64 counties have been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to severe drought and heat, making farmers and ranchers there and in adjacent counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the Farm Service Agency. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that overall, 43... more »

• Military speaks out about sailor killed in theater shooting

  July 22, 2012 4:52 PM

  One of the two active military members killed in the theater shooting in Aurora was Petty Officer 3rd Class John Larimer. Larimer was a Navy technician based at Buckley. He was 27. "He was an outstanding shipmate, a valued member of our Navy team and an extremely dedicated sailor," said... more »

• 10 Public Trustees resign Play Video

  July 10, 2012 6:59 PM

  Gov. John Hickenlooper, on Tuesday, accepted the resignations of the 10 public trustees he appoints. The trustees are in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo and Weld counties, most of the largest in Colorado without Denver County. "We all have to stand for good government,"... more »

• More residents evacuated from High Park Fire

  June 13, 2012 7:44 AM

  LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) - More than 600 firefighters and nearly 30 aircraft are continuing to fight a northern Colorado wildfire blamed for one death and damage to more than 100 structures in northern Colorado. The U.S. Forest Service says about 40 fire engines will also be helping efforts Wednesday to... more »

• Thunderstorms spur concerns of flooding

  July 5, 2011 11:43 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Predictions of thunderstorms for Boulder County have emergency officials on alert for possible flooding where a wildfire last year left mountainsides west of Boulder bare of trees and bushes. The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches for parts of Colorado's Front Range, including... more »

• Evacuations ordered at Larimer County fire

  April 5, 2011 10:39 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are asking people in 21 homes to leave the area where a 5-square-mile wildfire is burning in northern Colorado. Fire managers say strong winds have kicked up flames in the foothills west of Fort Collins. Winds with gusts above 35 mph have grounded... more »

• Governor issues emergency disaster declaration for fires

  April 4, 2011 6:12 PM

  Gov. John Hickenlooper has issued a disaster emergency declaration for the Crystal Fire in Larimer County. This declaration will authorize $1.7 million in state aid to help pay firefighting costs. Hickenlooper signed the Executive Order declaration for the Crystal Fire, which started on April 1 approximately 10 miles... more »

• Prosecutors seek more information on Loveland fire

  September 21, 2010 4:19 PM

  Larimer County prosecutors say they need more information before deciding whether to file criminal charges against two people suspected of accidentally starting a wildfire that destroyed two homes in the foothills west of Loveland. Sheriff's investigators presented their evidence to the district attorney's office last week. They say... more »

• Health officials try to track meningitis outbreak

  June 18, 2010 1:48 PM

  Larimer County health officials are focusing on pick-up hockey players as they investigate a meningitis outbreak. Two of the three people who contracted meningitis played in a hockey game on June 9 in Fort Collins. One, 29-year-old Brian Wormus, died Monday. The other player also played in another pickup... more »

• Two identified in Granby murder-suicide

  April 9, 2010 2:29 PM

  Police have identified the two people found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in a Granby home. Granby Police Chief William Housley identified the man as 53-year-old Michael Rexford McCormick, a man suspected - along with his father - in the disappearances of as many as 17 homeless men in... more »

• Sheriff's blog recounts balloonacy

  October 23, 2009 11:22 AM

  Some suggested fishing hooks. Others, skydivers. Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden says spectators sent him plenty of real-time suggestions last week on how to capture the large helium balloon that a Fort Collins couple said was carrying their 6-year-old son, Falcon Heene. The boy was found at home. In his... more »

• Larimer County Sheriff: "This is a hoax"

  October 18, 2009 1:09 PM

  Larimer County Sheriff has announced that the "balloon boy" saga is a hoax. "It has been determined that this is a hoax." Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters Sunday, "On the bizarre meter this rates a 10." Sheriff Alderden explains that the Heene's staged the hoax as a publicity stunt with... more »

• Larimer County plans swine flu vaccination clinics

  September 24, 2009 8:47 AM

  Larimer County health officials are looking for as many as 100 people to staff swine flu immunization clinics in the county for at-risk residents. The county says it is looking for volunteers for the clinic positions but will get health care professionals if enough people don't sign up. The announcement... more »