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Last week, a Longmont Fire Department fire fighter helped a red-tailed hawk get free from an entanglement with fishing line in a tree near McIntosh Lake.

Due to unsafe conditions and low water levels, the swim beach at Longmont’s Union Reservoir will not open on Memorial Day weekend. The city said it might not open fully until later this summer.

A clip from a unique, drum-less performance by Lakewood High School’s drumline at a band concert went viral on TikTok, with 2.5 million views accumulated in less than a week.

Two events will occur on Thursday, May 15 in Longmont and Greeley in recognition of Peace Officer Memorial Day during nationally-celebrated Police Week. Two officers from Colorado who died last year will be specifically honored.

The City of Longmont reported on May 13 that it was named a Resilience Hub by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction through its Making Cities Resilient 2030 program.

Construction to create “quiet zones” and improvements at certain railroad crossings in Longmont will begin this month and continue into 2027.

A Weld County jury determined this week that hotel staff was negligent in giving the assailant access to the victim’s room back in 2023.

In the last few weeks, more than 140 volunteers have come together to plant more than 2,500 trees in Lyons in an effort to restore vegetation lost last summer in the Stone Canyon Fire.

An individual admitted to a Longmont city official that they allegedly shot at an aircraft near Longmont last week. No injuries or arrests have been reported and the investigation is ongoing.