Prep football preview: Skyline seniors dedicated to turning around struggling Falcons

Raise your hand if you look forward to 5 a.m. workouts nearly every day. Raise your other hand if you are motivated to do so despite the fact that the team you’ve played on for the last three years has won just one game in each of those seasons. There should be about 17 pairs [...]

That’s agri-tainment! Local farms do more than eggs and alfalfa

If you live in Boulder County, plenty of farm pleasures await. Want to learn how to make cheese or spin wool? No problem. Classes are available right on the farm. Cooking or canning? Ditto. Softball at the company picnic getting a little old? How about a party where the kids can pick veggies or pet the chickens scratching in the dirt?

Longmont Humane Society Pet of the Week: Leon

Hakuna matata, baby! Meet your “Leon King.” This fun-loving boy is all about seizing the day, from pouncing on the opportunity for a romp to launching himself onto the couch for a king-size nap after a day of frolic. Leon is a year-and-a-half year old pit bull terrer mix who’s ready to bring his exotic [...]

Family affair: Leisurely paced bike cruise attracts riders of all ages; Wednesday is the final 2010 ride

With its straight handlebars and long front forks, Ryan Kragerud’s cruiser is reminiscent of Dennis Hopper’s famous hog in the film “Easy Rider.” Kragerud raises his hand to rally the riders behind him, and drops it to set the pack in motion. “Let’s hear your bells,” he says to a chorus of tolling chimes. “And [...]

St. Vrain teachers’ union, district headed back to negotiations

The two sides have been at loggerheads since April, when the district officially declared an impasse in negotiations.The school board approved a budget for 2010-11 that does not include step increases.

Carol O’Meara’s Gardening After Five: Surplus veggies make tasty delivery

They just keep coming, and neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night will stay these squash from their appointed growing. The familiar refrain rang through my head as I gathered up yet another armload of zucchini, which after a season, wears even the strongest gardener down. Every morning, there`s one that formed overnight; in [...]

Front Range enrollment booms in tough economy

At Front Range, in-state tuition for a student taking 15 credits is $2,373. By comparison, CU tuition for a full-time student in the College of Arts and Sciences is $7,018.

Obituary: Roberta Breitweiser Harkness

Roberta Breitweiser Harkness, 88 of Longmont passed away on July 31, 2010 at HospiceCare Center of Boulder and Broomfield Counties in Louisville.  No local services will be held.  Interment will be in Kansas.

Katy Sinclair’s Parental Units: Things to do in Denver when you’re lost

Summer is two-thirds over, and we’ve been busy. Pool (Kanemoto and Sunset about a billion times): Check Movies (“Toy Story 3” and “Shrek Forever After”): Check Fourth of July Fair (outrageously expensive): Check Family vacation (underestimated drive times and cranky kids): Check Backyard sprinkler, picnics, gardening: Check and check and check To shake off the [...]

Carol O’Meara’s Gardening After Five: Bindweed – a problem of mythic proportions

The worst time for a gardener to take a vacation is during the summer.  Not because you’ll miss the blossoms or there are too many chores to be done; those can wait a week or two and friends can text you photos of the flowers. No, what happens when gardeners takes their eyes off their [...]

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