Fort Lupton Press

12/26/2025

Weld County’s reverse-911 system that notifies residents of emergencies in their vicinity via phone call or text messages is back and running on the Crisis 24 system while the county looks at other alternatives. Learn more:

Weld County’s reverse-911 system that notifies residents of emergencies in their vicinity via phone call or text messages is back and running on the Crisis 24 system while the county

12/25/2025

Aims Community College Agriculture Animal Science students secured third place in an international animal contest, according to a news release on December 15. https://www.ftluptonpress.com/news/aims-students-hold-their-own-at-international-contest/article_e916b409-45a8-4195-b081-d5de67ff57bf.html

12/24/2025

Central Elementary School in Commerce City has been under state watch for 13 years, facing the persistent threat that Colorado could force dramatic changes or shut its doors.
On Tuesday, that pressure eased. Learn more:

Central Elementary School faced potential state-imposed restructuring or closure due to being under state monitoring for over a decade. Colorado State Board of Education recently eased this pressure.

12/24/2025

People who decorate their bodies with tattoos, scars and piercings can count on more stringent health standards in Weld County after new rules went into effect.

People who decorate their bodies with tattoos, scars and piercings can count on more stringent health standards in Weld County after new rules went into effect.

12/06/2025

"We used to think 10 was a big day."

That's what Linda Hunt, executive director of the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank, told us about demand before the pandemic.

Now? Her team serves more than 5,100 children, 9,500 adults and 1,300 seniors each year.

"Sometimes the only flexible part of a family's budget is the food," Hunt said. "You got to pay the rent, got to make car payment, but well, we'll just eat more rice this month."

This week, Weld Re-8 students delivered more than 4 tons of food to help. Here's the full story: https://www.ftluptonpress.com/news/weld-re-8-district-unites-for-first-major-food-drive/article_98fc1497-8021-4d3e-9430-ef20815abe08.html

The food bank is at 305 Denver Ave. in Fort Lupton if you'd like to donate or volunteer.

Weld Re-8 School District held a successful food drive, collecting over 8,000 pounds of food. The entire district, including all six schools, participated.

12/05/2025

A Weld Re-8 student asked their parents to crack open a piggy bank so they could buy food for families in need. The parents chipped in.

That's just one moment from the district's first-ever unified food drive, which delivered more than 4 tons to the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank.

📖 Read the full story: https://www.ftluptonpress.com/news/weld-re-8-district-unites-for-first-major-food-drive/article_98fc1497-8021-4d3e-9430-ef20815abe08.html

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Weld Re-8 School District held a successful food drive, collecting over 8,000 pounds of food. The entire district, including all six schools, participated.

11/13/2025

Fort Lupton Middle School parents learned this week about an employee investigation that started Nov. 5.

Today, I asked Weld RE-8 why the delay and whether kids were still in contact with this staff member during those 5 days.

They declined to answer, citing the pending investigation.

I'm staying on this story.

Parents - what questions do you need answered?

Fort Lupton Police investigating alleged unlawful contact between middle school employee and student reported five days later, employee on paid leave pending inquiry.

11/10/2025

Gilbert Padilla, former head of the youth wrestling program in Brighton, passed away on Oct. 29 at the age of 79, according to a Meta post from the Tabor Funeral Home in Brighton.

Gilbert Padilla, former head of the youth wrestling program in Brighton, passed away on Oct. 29 at the age of 79, according to a Meta post from the Tabor Funeral Home in Brighton. In lieu of flowers, make donations to the Brighton Wrestling Club.

11/05/2025

🗳️ ELECTION RESULTS: Fort Lupton voters elected three new members to the Weld RE-8 school board on Tuesday.

Erica Seegrist won the only contested race, defeating incumbent Cristian Gonzalez-Torres for the District G seat with 61% of the vote. Brian Hardwick and Dez Packard won unopposed in Districts A and F.

All three elected members are new to the board, representing a complete turnover in the seats up for election.

The District C seat remains vacant after no candidates filed.

Read the full story: https://www.ftluptonpress.com/news/erica-seegrist-secures-victory-in-weld-re-8-school-board/article_2a55c176-955c-4119-b91e-31c22b5c34e6.html

10/31/2025

The trick behind Metro Water Recovery’s Northern Plant in Brighton, according to public information specialist Maritza Franco, isn’t that it takes nearly 8 million gallons of water flushed and swirled down sinks across western Adams County each day, sending it back to the Platte River.

The trick is that the plant filters out everything but the water, sending it back to the river as clean as the water that’s already there.

The trick behind Metro Water Recovery’s Northern Plant in Brighton, according to public information specialist Maritza Franco, isn’t that it takes nearly 8 million gallons of water flushed and swirled

10/30/2025

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10/27/2025

A plan to build a Northern Colorado arterial road running parallel to Interstate 25 east of Mead hits its first goal this month as work on a new roundabout kicks off.

New roundabout near the Town of Mead