BOULDER COUNTY

Utility work to reduce parking at Button Rock Preserve

Trailhead parking at Button Rock Preserve will be limited from late winter through fall 2025 due to utility work, according to a Longmont announcement.

Weather permitting, a water utility repair project is scheduled to begin at Button Rock Preserve this month and will continue through September.

Parking availability will be reduced from around 60 spots to between 20 and 30 on most days. About 30 additional parking spots are available in the overflow parking area about one mile north of trailhead parking on County Road 80.

For additional information visit longmontcolorado.gov/button-rock.

One seriously injured in rollover crash on South Boulder Road

A man was seriously injured in a rollover crash Sunday night at South Boulder Road and South 68th Street near Boulder.

According to Mountain View Fire Rescue’s Facebook post, emergency crews responded to reports of a Tesla that rolled multiple times into a field in the 6800 block of South Boulder Road.

When medics arrived on scene, they found one person pinned inside the vehicle and had to extricate them.

“The driver of the vehicle was able to be removed and was taken to the hospital,” the post reads. “We do not have an update on the condition of the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle.”

According to Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer, around 5:54 p.m., troopers were dispatched to the crash involving a 71-year-old Tesla driver.

Moltrer said a crash investigation showed the Tesla was heading west off of South Boulder Road when the front of the vehicle collided with an embankment before going airborne.

The Tesla then rolled an unknown number of times before coming to rest on its wheels facing north, according to Moltrer.

Molter said the Tesla was the only vehicle involved in the crash and the driver was the only occupant.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

DENVER

RTD selects deputy CEO

Regional Transportation District leaders have selected a deputy chief executive to boost efforts to improve reliability, catch up on maintenance, and ensure rider satisfaction.

Angel Peña will fill the position, a new one for RTD, which entails managing departments that oversee large projects, safety, compliance with environmental laws, contracting, planning, and protecting civil rights.

Peña has worked for transit authorities in Boston and Washington, D.C. He earned a degree in engineering in Venezuela and a master’s in engineering management at the Catholic University of America.

LOVELAND

Thompson School District Superintendent Marc Schaffer leaving position

Thompson School District Superintendent Marc Schaffer has accepted a new position in suburban Chicago and will leave the district after the end of the school year, the district announced Monday evening.

The Thompson School Board will host a public special meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the district administration building to discuss potential firms to lead a nationwide search for a replacement.

Schaffer’s new position as superintendent of Community High School District 128, which serves the communities of Libertyville and Vernon Hills in suburban Chicago, will begin July 1.

Schaffer joined the school district in 2018 from the Boulder Valley School District after then-superintendent Stan Scheer retired, and over his seven-year tenure as superintendent saw a 10% increase in graduation rates.

Schaffer will serve the Thompson district through June 30.

—Staff and Denver Post reports