Education and County Government Reporter
Will Costello
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New Superintendent Bret Heller considers future of Thompson School District
Bret Heller, newly hired superintendent, began work the first of this month, and is in the midst of familiarizing himself with the district before students arrive for their first classes...

Boebert, Trump Jr. appear together at Loveland campaign event
Lauren Boebert, a devotee of the Make America Great Again movement and a strong supporter of Donald Trump, shared a campaign stage with Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in Loveland...

Trash pile in Loveland causes neighborhood headaches
The trash pile, which includes ruined mattresses, bundles of scrap wood, brush and tree limbs, piping, derelict appliances and an abandoned shopping cart, is causing nearby residents to worry for...

Loveland High School principal reinstated, listening session slated
Loveland High School's principal will return to work Monday, and the Thompson School District is holding a listening session at the school Thursday.

Loveland High School students walk out of school in protest of district’s handling of shooting threat
Loveland High School students staged a walkout Monday morning in protest of the Thompson School District’s handling of a threat that Loveland police deemed noncredible last week, and to support...

Loveland High School cancels school after tip about possible threat
Loveland High School canceled classes Wednesday after a tip from Colorado’s Safe2Tell service indicated a possible threat.

Loveland’s Winter Holiday Council struggles to keep the lights on amid vandalism, thefts
Meghan Albañez, the new chair of the Winter Holiday Council, warns that without help from the public or the city of Loveland, many of the lights and decorations maintained by...

Larimer County to require masks indoors due to ‘overburdened’ hospitals
Larimer County public health officials issued a public order Friday requiring masks in any indoor public spaces effective Wednesday at noon.

Thompson School Board approves mask mandate
Protesters and counterprotesters descended on the Thompson School District administration building Wednesday night as the board of education weighed a new mask mandate for students in the district.