/tags/thornton Thornton en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:49:13 GMT /environment/2022-12-07/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-water-woes-in-thornton The city of Thornton has plenty of water but can't get to it. We'll talk with reporter Lance Benzel about why and some possible solutions. Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:49:13 GMT /environment/2022-12-07/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-water-woes-in-thornton Nikole Robinson Carroll /environment/2018-08-02/larimer-commissioners-pause-thornton-pipeline-talks-until-december Larimer County commissioners have again delayed their vote on a controversial water pipeline the city of Thornton wants to build north of Fort Collins.… Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:02:38 GMT /environment/2018-08-02/larimer-commissioners-pause-thornton-pipeline-talks-until-december Matt Bloom /environment/2018-07-31/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-impending-thornton-pipeline-decision More than thirty years ago, the city of Thornton purchased water rights along the Poudre River in Larimer County. Those rights, about 14,000 acre-feet,… Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:30:00 GMT /environment/2018-07-31/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-impending-thornton-pipeline-decision Matt Bloom /community/2017-11-01/i-dont-wanna-die-police-confirm-three-dead-in-thornton-shooting [Updated 11/2/17, 8:45 a.m.] Two men and a woman are dead following a shooting at a Walmart in Thornton Wednesday night. Colorado authorities have… Thu, 02 Nov 2017 01:46:54 GMT /community/2017-11-01/i-dont-wanna-die-police-confirm-three-dead-in-thornton-shooting Michael de Yoanna /arts-life/2017-09-08/colorados-earliest-residents-prove-front-range-was-always-a-popular-place-to-live UPDATE: In December 2017, officials with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science announced that the fossils actually were that of a rare torosaurus, not a… Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:29:43 GMT /arts-life/2017-09-08/colorados-earliest-residents-prove-front-range-was-always-a-popular-place-to-live Stacy Nick /business/2016-08-04/as-thirsty-cities-drive-up-waters-price-can-farms-survive-on-the-front-range Few things are more valuable to a farmer in the arid West than irrigation water. Without it, the land turns back into its natural state: dry, dusty… Thu, 04 Aug 2016 10:00:00 GMT /business/2016-08-04/as-thirsty-cities-drive-up-waters-price-can-farms-survive-on-the-front-range Harvest Public Media /npr-news/2016-05-28/in-colorado-farmers-and-cities-battle-over-water-rights In 1985 the city of Thornton, Colo. bought up nearby farmland and water rights from its farms. Now, some of those farms are drying up. Sat, 28 May 2016 21:07:00 GMT /npr-news/2016-05-28/in-colorado-farmers-and-cities-battle-over-water-rights Liz Baker /business/2015-05-27/since-the-electrical-grid-isnt-sexy-it-has-a-nimby-problem Every year Bill LeBlanc, a senior adviser with Colorado-based E Source, hits the streets with a video camera to chat with average Americans about energy.… Wed, 27 May 2015 12:59:34 GMT /business/2015-05-27/since-the-electrical-grid-isnt-sexy-it-has-a-nimby-problem Inside Energy /business/2014-03-20/rtd-breaks-ground-on-new-north-metro-rail-line Thanks to an unsolicited funding bid in 2013 from Regional Rail Partners, cities like Thornton and Northglenn will be linked to the entire RTD system by… Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:22:34 GMT /business/2014-03-20/rtd-breaks-ground-on-new-north-metro-rail-line Nathan Heffel /2011-07-28/future-of-boxelder-creek-flood-control-project-uncertain The city of Thornton almost touched off a modern-day water war when it bought thousands of acres in Northern Colorado for the water rights back in the… Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:30:00 GMT /2011-07-28/future-of-boxelder-creek-flood-control-project-uncertain Erin O'Toole, Jeff Nuttall