Council ponders future of medical marijuana business

The council must decide how to approach dispensaries before the city’s third moratorium ends August 31.

City approves FAA funds for airport study; residents oppose runway extension

Many opponents expect the plan to include the idea of extending the runway from 4,800 feet to 6,200 feet – the maximum possible extension because of the presence of north 75th Street.

Whole Foods taps Longmont’s Earth Balance for soymilk

The soymilk agreement — and the potential to launch future lines with Whole Foods — could result in significant growth for Earth Balance, General Manager T.J. McIntyre said.

Founder of Longmont’s MiniScribe missing in during solo flight over Canada

Terry Johnson, who built MiniScribe from a basement start-up into a $100 million company, last talked to Canadian air traffic officials on Saturday morning and has not been heard from since.

Property tax hike would support social services

Boulder County commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to ask voters to approve a property tax increase in November to backfill losses in state funding. The measure would increase the county’s mill levy by 0.9 mills, which would equal about $21 more per year on a residential property worth $300,000.

County looks to November ballot for open-space funding

The open space tax measure — which would authorize a 0.15 percent sales and use tax, or 15 cents on every $100 purchase — comes one year after voters turned down an open space sales tax extension in 2009.

No bosses here: Ahlberg family has worked together for more than half a century

It’s a family affair every day at one of Longmont’s oldest funeral homes.

More than 50 years ago the Ahlberg family began the Ahlberg Funeral Chapel and Crematory with the mission to provide services compassionately while helping people find a way to grieve.

“We’re on the front line of helping people with their loss,” said Randall Ahlberg, the son of Rodney and Carrine Ahlberg, who started the business in 1958.

City gears up for Christian music festival; Union Reservoir closed to public July 30-Aug. 1

In March, the city issued a permit for the one-day Christian musical festival to set up camp at Union Reservoir. According to the Worship and Word Movement, organizers of the festival, the event could draw as many as 30,000 people.

Mosquitoes at Jim Hamm Nature Area test positive for West Nile virus

Colorado Mosquito Control, an outside contractor employed by the county, collected the sample and will be spraying for mosquitoes in the Jim Hamm area this afternoon.

Longmont teens charged in ‘Molotov cocktail’ incidents

Officers have been investigating a series of incidents involving incendiary devices and vandalism in the Longmont neighborhood for several weeks.

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