The revision of the 2024 Proposed Budget follows the failure of Proposition HH (Prop HH) in the November general election and subsequent property tax relief measures enacted during the Colorado Legislature's special session in November.
The updated budget proposes allocating $8 million to the Disaster Contingency Fund…
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 1:50pm
Department: BOCC
A former Loveland para-professional has been arrested for possession of child sexual abuse materials.
In the summer of 2023, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children investigator received several tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). NCMEC shared information…
Posted: Fri Dec 8, 2023 - 9:56am
Department: Sheriff
Lori Hodges, Director of the Larimer County Office of Emergency Management, is the recipient of the 2023 Ranger Brendan Unitt Service Community Service Award.
Hodges gives selflessly every day inside and outside of her day-to-day duties at Larimer County. In addition to her duties as Larimer County Dir. of Emergency…
Posted: Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 12:23pm
Department: BOCC
Today Victor Corwin was committed to the indefinite custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services for the murder of Christopher Johnson on July 19, 2021.
Mr. Corwin was officially found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity – a legal determination which means the defendant did commit the crimes charged and would be…
Posted: Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 12:23pm
Department: District Attorney
On November 17, 2023, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to the Medical Center of the Rockies Emergency Department to investigate the death of a 28-year-old male. The decedent was transported after he was involved in an officer involved shooting with Fort Collins Police Services which occurred in the late…
Posted: Mon Dec 4, 2023 - 12:02pm
Department: Coroner
Larimer County and the municipalities of Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Estes Park, Johnstown, Timnath, and Wellington, request the community’s participation in a 2023 Open Space online survey. This survey is an update to the 2013 Our Lands, Our Future survey commissioned by the same agencies to better understand from…
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 - 8:38am
Department: Natural Resources
FORT COLLINS – Horsetooth Mountain Open Space’s main trailhead, 6550 W. County Rd. 38E, is closed to public access today (November 27) through December 18 to allow crews to complete parking and kiosk area improvements and install an additional vault toilet.
The improvements at the main trailhead are geared to improve…
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 - 11:43am
Department: Natural Resources
The Eighth Judicial Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has been activated to investigate the death of an inmate at the Larimer County Jail.
Around 9:40 a.m. on November 24, 2023, an adult male was arrested by the Johnstown Police Department for felony drug charges. The Johnstown Police Department transported the man…
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 - 6:10pm
Department: Sheriff
In early November, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office investigators, with assistance from Johnstown Police detectives and the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, posed as underage sex workers on online forums. They were contacted by several men soliciting services, and when the men arrived at an agreed…
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 - 2:53pm
Department: Sheriff
LOVELAND - All boat ramps at Horsetooth Reservoir and Carter Lake will close for the season on Monday, November 27.
Horsetooth Reservoir
South Bay Ramp: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. everyday; Closed for season Mon. Nov. 27
Inlet Bay Ramp: Closed for season
Satanka Ramp: Closed for season
Carter Lake
North Pines Ramp: 8 a.m…
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 - 8:59am
Department: Natural Resources
Larimer County Department of Natural Resources (LCDNR) invites members of the community to share input on proposed adjustments to its enforcement regulations within LCDNR-managed properties.
Larimer County is seeking to revise eight current regulations and to add twelve new regulations in 2024. New additions include…
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 - 1:40pm
Department: Natural Resources
Investigators are asking the community for tips in a series of arson fires that have happened in Northeast Fort Collins. The arson and criminal mischief cases began in late October and have occurred in the TimberVine neighborhood and Collins Aire Mobile Home Park. TimberVine is in Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS)…
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 - 2:11pm
Department: Sheriff
Horsetooth Mountain Open Space’s main trailhead, 6550 W. County Rd. 38E, will be closed to public access November 27-December 18 to allow crews to complete parking and kiosk area improvements and install an additional vault toilet.
The improvements at the main trailhead are geared to improve flow and ease congestion for…
Posted: Tue Nov 7, 2023 - 1:19pm
Department: Natural Resources
A former Loveland Police officer has been arrested for sexually assaulting a teen while on duty.
In late October 2023, the Loveland Police Department received a report of an assault by one of their officers several months prior. LPD immediately contacted the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office and requested that LCSO…
Posted: Mon Nov 6, 2023 - 2:15pm
Department: Sheriff
Additional charges have been filed against a local teacher accused of sexually assaulting multiple students.
Following the August 22, 2023 news release, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office investigators received a new allegation of sexual assault involving Robert Denise (DOB 08/29/63). The victim attended Cache La Poudre (CLP…
Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 2:59pm
Department: Sheriff
Andrea Branco was sentenced today to ten years in the Colorado Department of Corrections for selling the fentanyl that killed Kara Gorman on September 1, 2022. The 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office secured Branco’s guilty plea to Fentanyl Distribution Causing Death, a Class 1 Drug Felony, on August 8th, 2023, and she…
Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 1:09pm
Department: District Attorney
Larimer County’s 2024 Proposed Budget is now available online at Larimer.gov/budget. It includes $610 million in budgeted expenditures. Some highlights of this fiscal year are as follows:
The 2024 Proposed Budget assumes that Proposition HH will pass, and Larimer County will remain under the new property tax revenue…
Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 8:53am
Department: Budget
Larimer County on October 12 submitted its State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) Project and Expenditure Report for the third quarter of 2023 to the U.S. Treasury Department, as required by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).
Larimer County spent $293,944 in SLFRF funds during the quarter, primarily on …
Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 8:51am
Department: Budget
The Eighth Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) has been activated to investigate an officer-involved shooting.
On November 2, 2023 around 11 p.m., Fort Collins Police Services received information about a vehicle in the area associated with a possible kidnapping out of Weld County. A BOLO (be on the…
Posted: Fri Nov 3, 2023 - 5:05am
Department: Sheriff
On November 1, the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) was notified that a domestic animal in the Red Feather Lakes area tested positive for Plague.
In response, LCDHE’s infectious disease experts conducted an investigation to determine potential human exposures and to assess the general area for…
Posted: Thu Nov 2, 2023 - 3:09pm
Department: Health
On October 17, 2023, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to an apartment in the 1400 block of South California Avenue in Loveland, CO, to investigate the death of a 36-year-old male. The male subject was pronounced dead at the scene after a shooting incident.
The decedent is identified as Justin BOOTHE of…
Posted: Wed Nov 1, 2023 - 3:01pm
Department: Coroner
They serve to protect the security, safety and freedom we have today.
Today, the Board of Larimer County Commissioners proclaimed the week of November 6 – 12 as Operation Green Light for all Veterans, current and serving who have earned our gratitude and support for their service to our nation.
Operation Green Light is a…
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 2:09pm
Department: BOCC
A Water Master Plan is being developed by Larimer County which will become an element in the Larimer County Master Plan to help support Larimer County’s strategic planning for water, stormwater, and environmental flows.
Although Larimer County is not a water provider, the county might play specific strategic, coordinating…
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 - 1:23pm
Department: Community Development
Updates are available in the Reservoir Ridge suspicious death investigation.
Paul Gallenstein was located deceased on a west Fort Collins trail on September 10, 2023. An autopsy found that Mr. Gallenstein died as a result of a gunshot injury. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office investigators have been actively collecting…
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 - 10:41am
Department: Sheriff
On October 14, 2023, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to a single motor vehicle crash fatality at the intersection of Harmony Road and Lemay Avenue. The driver of the vehicle and sole occupant was pronounced dead at the scene.
The decedent is identified as 18-year-old Zoe SMITH of Fort Collins, Colorado.
A…
Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 - 2:53pm
Department: Coroner