Girls On Top! opens Rock & Rails
The first band to play Niwot's summer concert series 18 years ago returns to open the 2023 Rock & Rails summer concert series Thursday, June 1. Girls On Top!, a seven-member band featuring...
Left Hand Laurel : Gene Hayworth and Keith Waters
Gene Hayworth and Keith Waters are awarded the Left Hand Valley Courier's Left Hand Laurel for bringing the Niwot Jazz Festival back to life and for putting in the time and energy to organize Niwot's...
Learning to Fly: Hot air balloons in Boulder County
Often on a clear, crisp morning when the weather is fine and the wind is calm, Niwot residents who are lucky enough to be out early may get a view of a slow moving, brightly colored train of balloons...
Boulder City Council faces competing e-bike options
The Boulder City Council will take up the issue of allowing e-bikes on city open space trails, including several trails in and around Niwot and Gunbarrel, at its meeting on June 1 at 6 p.m. in the...
NCA sponsors second annual Slepicka tractor show
In 1987, Jerry and Marsha Slepicka bought a lot and, as per county regulation, had to keep it mowed. So they bought a tractor, and that original 1946 John Deere B turned into a somewhat unexpected...
Noted "Cheap Land Colorado" author draws overflow crowd
Acclaimed author Ted Conover appeared at Inkberry Books in Niwot on May 24 to read from his new book, "Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge," to an overflow crowd. Conover's earlier...
Home on the Grange
Womens' Investment Group Tuesday, June 13, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Several motivated women in the real estate industry - lenders, real estate agents, and investors - are offering the opportunity to help...
Student Athlete of the Week Jade West
Despite being Colorado's most successful Class 4A girls track and field program over the past decade, Niwot High School had remarkably never produced a state title winner in shot put until May 19,...
NHS hires new girls basketball coach
Niwot High School Athletic Director Joe Brown announced that Todd Trobaugh has been hired as the new Cougar girls basketball coach. Trobaugh has not coached at the high school level, but has...
Niwot girls golf sending trio to state championships
For the second consecutive spring, Alena Kasanicky, Mina O'Dell and Kate Jones are all set to represent Niwot High School at the Class 4A girls golf state championships, which runs May 30-31 at...
Niwot High math teacher Megan Schlagel wins award
Niwot High School Algebra 1 and AP Calculus teacher Megan Schlagel won the Teacher Leader Impact Award, presented by Edthena. Edthena is a software program to help teachers use classroom video to...
Niwot High School graduation
Niwot High School's graduation ceremony last Saturday was equal parts bright and sentimental. The football field was awash with rows of white chairs and green capped and gowned members of the class...
Lise Murphy is Niwot Elementary School Teacher of the Year
Each year the St. Vrain Valley School District requests submissions from families for their annual Teacher of the Year award. Together with each school's input from their respective administrations,...
Courier Crossword Corner Answers May 31, 2023
ACROSS 3. Meeker 5. Schlagel 7. swiftly 9. put 11. volleyball 13. Avery 15. community 17. Umile 18. nine 19. jazz 20. choices 21. La’Mar DOWN 1. seven 2. tractors 4. hug 6. Pulitzer 8. Thorncreek 10. top 12. labyrinth 14. ebikes 15. cheap 16.... Full story
Let's Talk About...Commencement
Ok. It's graduation time. Whether you are graduating yourself or you have a child, grandchild or other family member or friend who is graduating about now, we all know what a big step that is. The...
Photo of the Week Could Be Yours
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course),...
Death Notice
Carolyn Ann Roberts, who grew up in Gunbarrel and attended Heatherwood Elementary School, died May 20, 2023, at age 25 of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Carolyn was a CPA and won a state doubles title in tennis at Fairview High... Full story