Nicky Andrews

Broomfield resident John O'Neill had made it out of rehab, he was in stable housing, he was sober, and he had finally got a job he loved doing — tree work. But 15 minutes into his first day, the 33-year-old found himself fighting for his life, he gripped the edge of a wood chipper as blades whipped through his legs below. Later, on the way to the hospital, O'Neill “technically died.”

John O’Neill, seen here at St, Anthony’s Hospital in Lakewood on Friday, lost both of his legs in a wood chipper accident in late September. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

“I looked down and saw something that looked like what you see in movies,” John O’Neill said.

With the help of good samaritans, multiple people were able to get out of their vehicles Friday after a car was flipped and landed on top of another in a fiery crash.

A small grass fire was extinguished Sunday at Dickens Farm Nature Area in Longmont and remains under investigation.

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office has identified the 75-year-old man as Howard Pelerine.

Those who were by the Flatirons on Saturday afternoon, may have looked up and thought, 'is that a bird? Is that a plane?' No, it was person walking a .8 inch wide slack line 450 feet up.

A Longmont man has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison for a series of bank robberies in the Boulder and Denver area that occurred in late 2023 and early 2024.

Boulder Police Officer Pam Gignac was the first officer to arrive at the Table Mesa King Soopers on March 22, 2021. Nine people had just been fatally shot when she ran inside with then-Officer Bryan Capobianco and Officer Eric Talley. Moments after entering, Talley was shot and killed.

Boulder Police Officer Pam Gignac was the first officer to arrive at the Table Mesa King Soopers on March 22, 2021. Nine people had just been fatally shot when she ran inside with then-Officer Brya…