Wild Fire

The first shots of the smoke plume from a wild fire in Four Mile Canyon. This photo was taken from downtown Lyons at approximately 11:10 a.m. Monday morning. With the high winds and dry conditions, this fire could turn out to be a big problem for rural residents of Boulder County southwest of Lyons.

Photo by Joseph Lekarczyk

All-Day Business Tax Symposium

The Colorado Department of Revenue and several home-rule municipalities, jurisdictions that collect their own taxes, will offer an all-day Business Tax Symposium in Denver. Businesses located in and outside Colorado, tax preparers who prepare sales/use tax returns for Colorado businesses, and anyone interested in learning more about Colorado sales/use tax laws should attend.

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Last week it was mountain lions and piranhas, this week its rattlesnakes and bears!

A Town Public Works employee found this eight-inch baby rattlesnake in a load of dirt he was transporting.

Jim and Kathy Carroll received an unexpected visitor to their farm last Thursday afternoon (August 26). A black bear ambled past their goat pen, past the

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Lyons Schools Locked Down On Monday, Part 2

Many of the students weren’t even aware it was occurring, but Monday (August 30) afternoon officials at Lyons Elementary and Lyons Middle/Senior High

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