Today's News

Response times. A fire department, and the townspeople they defend, live or die by them. Judging by last week’s amazing catch, the Fort Lupton Fire Protection District may own a new record in that category.

    FIRESTONE — The Firestone Police Department held crisis intervention training earlier this  month for Northern Colorado police officers at Coal Ridge Middle School in Firestone.

FREDERICK — Note to anyone interested in getting into the brewery business: April is a great time to open shop.
    Take Echo Brewery, for example.
    Each year, identical twin brothers Dennis and Daniels Richards will get a perfect excuse to celebrate the anniversary of their microbrewery business the same way they did this year – with a block party.
    The April 13 celebration attracted the attention of ESPN Radio’s American Craft Beer Radio Show, which was broadcasting live from the event.
    John Statz and Cat Jerky provided the audience with live music; the Gibbon Slackline Jam provided the crowd a chance to compete in a wild hybrid of tight rope and trampoline.

FREDERICK -- Frederick's girls track team finished second and the boys team took third in the inaugural WarBird Invitational Saturday.

Chris Erwin won the boys 1,600-meters in a time of 4:51.9. The 4-by-200-meter relay team (Joe Wise, Jacob Sleeth, Dowd and Isaiah Jackson) won the event with a time of 1:34:13.