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The FBI offered a new $25,000 reward this month for information about the abortion activists who set fire to a pro-life pregnancy center in 2022 in Longmont, Colorado. According to 11 News KKTV, the FBI Denver office announced the increased reward on July 12, more than a year after the June 25, 2022 arson attack caused major damage to the Life Choices pregnancy center. The pro-life Christian organization also was vandalized with graffiti, including pro-abortion phrases, anarchist symbols and the threat “If abortions aren’t safe neither are you” written in black paint across a wall. Life Choices offers free pregnancy...

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — Life Choices was vandalized and sustained fire and smoke damage on June 25, and now officials are offering up to $10,000 in reward money. Longmont Public Safety responded to Life Choices at 3:17 a.m. on the morning of June 25 after dispatch received reports of a fire breaking out at the business. The business at 20 Mountain View Ave. had “bans off our bodies” and other vandalism written in black paint on the property. Life Choices does not provide abortions but it does offer post-abortion support, according to its website. In addition to the vandalism, LPS...

A fire which occurred at a Christian pregnancy clinic in Colorado is being treated as arson after chilling messages were spray painted onto the walls and ground outside. 'If abortions aren't safe, neither are you,' read one. 'Bans off our bodies' said another by the entrance at the Life Choices clinic in Longmont, northeast of Boulder. The fire broke out in the middle of the night at 3:17am on Saturday morning. Authorities believe the fire was set deliberately. No abortions are carried out at the center which aims to educate women on pregnancy Life Choices describes itself as a 'Christ-centered...

The principal of a Colorado high school where three students reenacted the killing of George Floyd has resigned, officials said. Rachael Ayers stepped down Monday from Mead High School in Longmont, where three students, including one in blackface, acted out the police-custody murder of Floyd – with one student kneeling on another’s neck, the Daily Camera reported. St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent Don Haddad announced Ayers’ resignation after 12 years at the school in a letter to families, writing that the school had experienced “significant challenges” in recent months.

Investors from around the globe are warning of a Longmont-based Bitcoin CEO who they allege defrauded them by claiming to be the victim of a cyberhack, potentially making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars.

... "an extremely frantic" woman ran from the apartment, hid behind the officer, clinged to his uniform and wouldn't let got. According to a police report, she screamed, "Please help me! He tried to kill me! He hit me and choked me! He is still inside and he has a knife!" A man police later identified as Martinez emerged from the apartment a few seconds later carrying two large butcher knives, causing the officer to draw his handgun, Satur said. Satur said two other officers arrived, and Martinez began yelling at officers to shoot him. The officers shocked Martinez with...

A 26-year-old Longmont woman who was seven months pregnant showed up at a home Wednesday to buy baby clothes she'd seen in a Craigslist post. What police say happened then is horrific: The 34-year-old woman who lives at the home, in the 1600 block of Green Place in Longmont, stabbed the pregnant woman and "removed" her baby. The baby did not survive.

Jared Polis really doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. If you saw the Colorado congressman speaking on the House floor last month wearing a clip-on bowtie with a polo shirt under his blazer, you know what I’m talking about. He’s been this way since he first emerged on the scene. About 10 years ago, when he was just 28, Polis was one of four wealthy Colorado Democrats who pooled their considerable personal resources to create a state-of-the-art political machine that was ruthlessly effective in turning this once-red heartland state a stunning shade of blue. But Polis wouldn’t run with that...

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4)- Police in Longmont are trying to figure out how a toddler got her hands on marijuana that made her sick. Two year old Evelyn tested positive for pot and ended up in the hospital but her mother doesn’t know how the child came into contact with the now-legal drug. Evelyn’s mother, Aida Hernandez, believes the child ate part of a cookie she found on the ground in the grass outside of their apartment. “It was brown, like a chocolate chip cookie,” said Hernandez.

The homeowner pointed the gun at Carter and told him to "hit the ground" several times, police reported. Carter instead attempted to back out of the house and made it out the back door onto the patio, but the homeowner again demanded that he lie down and fired a single shot into the ground. Carter then complied, according to reports. Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said Tuesday that the investigation remains open and he cannot comment about additional details. He said the Boulder District Attorney's Office is reviewing the case to make sure the homeowner did not violate any laws...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Days of heavy rains caused flash flooding in Colorado's Boulder County early Thursday that has closed streets, prompted evacuations, and left one person dead.

LONGMONT -- In the space of one minute and three seconds, a Longmont man and a Longmont police officer exchanged 35 rounds of ammunition on May 22 during an early morning shootout that started as a routine traffic stop, according to an investigative report. Longmont Police Officer Brent Cairns was uninjured during the volley, but he was able to strike suspect Jonathan Shank three times during the encounter. He fired 12 shots from his 9 mm Glock 17. Shank, who reportedly had a blood alcohol level of .311 -- nearly four times the legal threshold for driving .......

LONGMONT -- The closing of Longmont's Butterball plant at the end of the year marks the end of a 51-year run for Longmont's turkey plant. More importantly, it means 349 people are joining the ranks of the unemployed. One of them is Abundio Canales, 63, a Longmont resident who has operated machinery at Butterball for 19 years. Both he and his wife work at the plant, and both will start the new year looking for work. Canales said he plans to learn English better and would like to take some computer classes, but he's concerned about his wife being able...

The closing of Longmont's Butterball plant at the end of the year marks the end of a 51-year run for Longmont's turkey plant. More importantly, it means 349 people are joining the ranks of the unemployed. ... Carolina-based Butterball announced it was shutting down its Longmont facility at the end of the year, blaming high grain and fuel costs that had made its westernmost production plant no longer financially viable.

LONGMONT — Free Marijuana in Longmont is collecting signatures to ask voters in November to change city pot laws. But even some members of the group aren’t confident they’ll get the question on the ballot. The group wants to legalize possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana for adults and reduce city penalties for public consumption of marijuana and possession of some types of drug paraphernalia. Volunteers have been walking neighborhoods, knocking on doors and visiting local bars and hangouts as they try to collect the 3,485 signatures they need to put the question before voters. Free Marijuana volunteers...

Magazines from ‘domestic terrorism threat’ found ... Ronald Swerlein kept magazines in his home from the Animal Liberation Front, a group the FBI calls a “leading domestic terrorism threat,” ... Police first searched the 50-year-old’s home over the weekend and arrested him Sunday on suspicion of possessing and making explosives. According to a search warrant inventory, police seized four magazines from the Animal Liberation Front from Swerlein’s home. The warrant requesting the search said the magazines describe arsons and use of explosives claimed by members of the group, who typically remain anonymous. The group’s Web site states that individuals work...

Leaders in Longmont Try to Explain What Happened LONGMONT -- Officials in the city of Longmont are trying to explain how an illegal immigrant got master keys to some of the city’s secure buildings, including the police department building. The Longmont Daily Times-Call reports that police arrested the man earlier this week outside of a building. Investigators say he lied to them about his identity. But officers said they recognized him, because they say he was part of the crew that had just cleaned the police department building. Investigators say Jesus Orrantia, 23, is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, and...

The cell phone generation at Faith Community Lutheran Church in Longmont, Colorado has come up with the next version of their now locally famous sign to attract the younger folks into their church. --- Previously - Reese's Cup church sign:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1492554/posts Mountain Dew church sign: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1385800/posts

The Reese's Cup generation at Faith Community Lutheran Church in Longmont, Colorado has come up with the next version of their now locally famous sign to attract the younger folks into their church. === Previous version of their sign using the Mountain Dew angle === Faith Community Lutheran website: http://faithcommunitylutheran.org/ === Previous thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1385800/posts

As I was driving to work the other night on my trek from Boulder to Ft. Collins a fairly large two sided 'advertising' sign in front of a church, Faith Community Lutheran, in Longmont caught my eye. Upon first glance at about 55 mph I thought it was an advertisement for 'Mountain Dew' and about a 1/2 mile down the road my natural curiosity caused me to turn around for a closer look. The sign said "Experience what Jesus can Dew for you", along with the hours for the church services. Get this... the color scheme was exactly that of...