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Articles from the June 24, 2020 edition


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  • Disease investigators work to contain a spike in COVID-19 in Boulder County

    Patricia Logan|Jun 24, 2020

    A significant spike in COVID-19 cases sent Boulder County Public Health looking for reinforcements to help contain the spread. On June 10th, the county's graph started climbing in the wrong direction, with over 175 new cases in just over a week and more since. BCPH has about 25 people on staff who do contact tracing, a critical step in shutting down an outbreak. That wasn't enough, so the health department reached out to the state for more investigators so they could reach all the positive...

  • Planning commission approves parking lot with conditions

    Jocelyn Rowley|Jun 24, 2020

    Plans for a multimodal parking facility adjacent to downtown Niwot got the preliminary go-ahead from the Boulder County Planning Commission at a remote public hearing held on June 17. With a unanimous vote, the nine-member board approved a proposal from the Niwot Business Association and the County of Boulder to develop a lot with 14 spaces on vacant land between the BNSF railroad tracks and Murray Street, provided several conditions are met. “The applicants were very accepting of the conditions...

  • Frontier Airlines President/CEO and Niwot local Barry Biffle leads company through pandemic

    Jack Carlough|Jun 24, 2020

    Airlines have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic and Frontier Airlines President and CEO Barry Biffle is leading the charge with precautions as travel slowly increases. "It's been pretty tough on the industry overall," said Biffle, a Niwot resident. He remains hopeful that Frontier will emerge strong and continue to serve Colorado and beyond. Despite rigorous precautions, the airline industry has struggled with stay at home orders enveloping the country. Fortunately for Frontier,...

  • Boulder County warns residents to keep an eye open for summer algal blooms

    Kristen Arendt|Jun 24, 2020

    As summer temperatures swing into the 90s, you and your four-legged friends are likely looking for ways to stay cool. And though a dip in one of our local ponds may look tempting, be aware that standing bodies of water may be home to blue-green algae. You may have seen the caution signs at trailheads this summer or in summers past, typically at Coot Lake, the Boulder Reservoir, or, most recently, at Wonderland Lake: "Caution: Harmful Algae May Be Present." Historically in Colorado, blue-green...

  • Alivia Bell, Niwot barber shop owner, suffers severe bicycle accident

    Abigail Scott|Jun 24, 2020

    Alivia Bell has owned and operated the Niwot barber shop for the past thirteen years. Throughout her tenure, she has made lasting connections with her clientele and the surrounding Niwot community. Bell also resides in the heart of the downtown and can often be spotted riding her bicycle around Boulder County. On June 3, Bell was riding her bike on Airport Road when she was struck by a car. She was knocked off her bicycle and severely injured. Bell has a compound fracture on her left leg and an...

  • After weeks of online training, children return to gymnastics

    Emily Long|Jun 24, 2020

    Pam Turner opened Airborne Gymnastics and Dance in 1991 in Longmont. On March 12 of this year, the business had over 1000 students between two locations in Longmont and Frederick, and around 75 employees. That Thursday evening in March, the leadership of the gym met to discuss the recent disturbing news about the novel coronavirus. Turner said, "We were really struggling with the decision" of whether or not to close. They ultimately decided to remain open, but woke up on March 13 to find that...

  • Niwot 10-year-old shares the awesomeness

    Jack Carlough|Jun 24, 2020

    Creativity flows through 10-year-old Edsel whether he's drawing comics or working on his local newspaper, the Neighborhood Awesomeness. Edsel has noticed there are "many awesome things happening in the neighborhood," and he wanted to display that during the stressful times of a pandemic. His mother, Catherine, has helped Edsel print over 25 copies of the Awesomeness and distribute it throughout their central Niwot neighborhood, rain or shine. The now bi-weekly paper began when Colorado went...

  • Community Pet Spotlight

    Jun 24, 2020

    Meet Coconut-Coconut is an extremely sweet and cuddly nine-year-old girl who would love to find her forever home with a person or people she can call her own! Coconut is very affectionate once she gets to know you and loves nothing more than being with her favorite people. This lovely older girl is also very smart, thoroughly enjoys learning new things and as a result possesses significant basic obedience skills including sit, down and stay! Coconut is looking for a home with no kitties, please...

  • Trooper Tips: Yielding

    Trooper Gary Cutler, Special to the Courier|Jun 24, 2020

    The word "yield" has many meanings in the English language. You can yield to the next speaker, or the land can yield food from the garden. But today I bring up "yield" as in the road sign. Too often I find that drivers treat a yield sign as a free for all to go through intersections or turns onto other roads without even slowing. A yield sign allows a driver to reduce speed instead of having to come to a complete stop. Call a yield sign a small time-saver. But remember, it doesn't mean you may n...

  • Rock & Rails on hold

    Jun 24, 2020

    The popular Niwot summer concert series, Rock & Rails, remains on hold, according to co-managers Dan Hawk, Vicki Maurer and Biff Warren. An amended state-wide public health order was issued June 18, 2020, allowing outdoor events with up to 175 participants, subject to other regulations, which were issued in a separate order, entitled Guidance for Outdoor Events. Warren said that although Whistle Stop Park, at over three-quarters of an acre, is large enough to accommodate an event with up to 175...

  • Mwebaza Foundation organizes community mural to support Ugandan partner communities

    Abigail Scott|Jun 24, 2020

    Since 2008, the Mwebaza Foundation has been an integral part of our Niwot community. The nonprofit has expanded its partner schools to include Coyote Ridge, Coronado Hills, and Eagle Crest while also incorporating school clubs at Sunset Middle and Niwot High to allow students to continue their involvement with the foundation. Recently, the foundation's four Ugandan partner schools have suffered severely under COVID-19 restrictions, including extended lockdown measures and school closures. Many...

  • June is Colorado Pollinator Month

    Deryn Davidson, Colorado State University Extension Boulder County|Jun 24, 2020

    As the heat sets in and our early spring flowers fade and give way to summer blooms and vegetable gardens, you might have pollination on your mind. If not, maybe you should! Simply put, pollination is the transfer of pollen from one flower to another flower of the same species. Flowers need to be pollinated to complete their life cycle by producing fruit and setting seed. This is particularly important if you're growing fruits and vegetables, but also important at a much larger scale for nuts,...

  • Candidate Profile: Ken Stickney (R)

    Jesse Murphy|Jun 24, 2020

    Q: Please tell our readers a bit about yourself. A. I am a 34-year resident of Boulder, with 33 of those years spent in House District 10. I worked as a software engineer here for more than thirty years, serving in roles as varied as individual contributor, senior director and program manager. While at Xilinx Inc., where I spent my last 20 years before eventually retiring, I was co-author on two patents. My wife Jane and I were drawn to Colorado for its outdoor beauty, spending our free time cyc...

  • Cougars football resumes workouts

    Jocelyn Rowley|Jun 24, 2020

    With just 60 days to go before the Nikolas Blume era of Niwot football kicks off, the first-year head coach expected to be well on his way to implementing the rebuilding project he was hired to undertake back in February. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic made a hash of those plans, and so it wasn't until last week that Coach Blume was able to watch his players in action for the first time. So far, he's been pleased with what he's seen, but there's no denying that the long layoff has...