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With New Year’s right around the corner, many will resolve to get back into shape in 2024.  But some have been on the path for some time, pursuing fitness goals, and intend to carry them forward into the new year.

Ray Huffaker and his wife Dawn are lighting up the west side of Loveland with their sprawling Christmas display. Tucked away on Namaqua Avenue, just south of Eisenhower Boulevard, the couple starts decorating the day after Halloween and don’t finish until after Thanksgiving, and the result is a shrine to the holiday season, featuring a […]

The winners consisted of three incumbents, Dawn Kirk, Stu Boyd and Nancy Rumfelt, and one newcomer, Denise Chapman, who replaced Pam Howard. Howard was prevented by term limit from running for reelection. 

A tradition in the city, the festival included food trucks, hot chocolate, kettle corn, reindeer and the lighting of the two-story-tall Christmas tree in front of the Rialto Theater Center on Fourth Street.

The Festival of Lights, the official kickoff for the holiday season in Loveland, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday along Fourth Street between Lincoln and Railroad avenues.

Northern Colorado’s Sweetheart City kicks off its annual Festival of Lights event from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in downtown Loveland with fun festivities that are sure get everyone into the spirit of the holiday season.

The complex, which was transformed from agricultural land east of Loveland to one of the most successful venues in northern Colorado, is still growing, with new construction including a brand new 4-H building and updated traffic flow patterns. Plans for a new event arena and a youth sports training center are in the pipeline.

Candidates for four seats on the Thompson School Board met for a public forum hosted by the League of Women Voters Larimer County, responding to questions from both the league and questions submitted by the audience, which filled the Loveland City Council Chambers Monday evening. 

Loveland Reporter-Herald staff earned a first-place award in the Colorado Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest Saturday for a series of stories on homeless issues in the city.

Friends of THERASwim, a nonprofit associated with TheraSWIM, a Loveland-based aquatic physical and occupational therapy provider, hosted its second annual Tri My Best Triathlon, an adaptive triathlon for children with disabilities.