Boulder

Police arrest man accused of waving gun

Boulder and University of Colorado Boulder police arrested a man after he reportedly waved a gun around in a parking lot and then drove away toward the CU campus.

Police received a report at 10 a.m. Friday about a man “waving a gun around” in the parking lot of a business in the 2700 block of Arapahoe Avenue, according to Boulder police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh.

Police said the man drove away from the scene. Officers spotted the vehicle within minutes near Sewell Hall at CU and coordinated to safely conduct a high-risk traffic stop.

The driver, later identified as 52-year-old Patrick McCarthy, was taken into custody without incident and arrested on suspicion of felony menacing.

CU Boulder police assisted with the call due to the location, but officials said there was no threat to the campus.

Loveland

Bluegrass & Brews Festival to return

One Sweet Summer-Sessions: Bluegrass & Brews Festival will return in June, the Loveland Downtown District announce d Wednesday.

The event will take place Friday night and all day Saturday, June 9-10, at The Foundry Plaza , offering live music from a variety of bluegrass acts, beers from downtown craft breweries and more , according to a Loveland Downtown District news release .

At 6-10 p.m. June 9, the headline act will be Chatham County Line , with Jake Leg .

The 2019 Grammy Award - winning fiddler Michael Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper from Indiana will be the headline act on June 10, with Pixie and the Partygrass Boys, Buffalo Commons and Scott Slay and the Rail. June 10 festival hours are 2-10 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. For details, visit downtownloveland.org/onesweetsummer.

Efficiency Works 2022 report lists 300 Loveland homes

A Platte River Power Authority program called Efficiency Works has reported assisting people in more than 300 homes in Loveland with energy upgrades last year.

Upgrades included enhanced insulation, weather stripping or installing high-efficiency appliances, according to a news release.

Residents of more than 25 of the homes had incomes that qualified them to receive the upgrades for little to no cost.

Efficiency Works also facilitated more than 170 upgrade projects with Loveland businesses that organizers estimate will save nearly $400,000 per year in operating costs, the release stated. Overall, the effort helped residential and commercial electricity customers save 22,838 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy, which reduc ed carbon emissions by 16,138 tons, equivalent to reducing gasoline consumption by more than 1.8 million gallons annually , the release said .

Kevin Gertig, director of Loveland Water and Power, said customers who sign up for Efficiency Works can reduce their overall utility costs.

For details on the program, visit EfficiencyWorks.org.

— Reporter-Herald reports