Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Federal regulations require airlines to provide refunds when they cancel or significantly change or delay flights, even when the reasons are outside the airlines' control. Attorney General Phil Weiser said consumers from Colorado and 29 other states have contacted his office about Frontier's failure in that regard.

Several complaints prompted the health department to take legal action against Magic Fairy Candles, 634 Main St. The business has been ordered to comply with the state’s edict that requires customers and employees to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

The Longmont Main Street Chalk Festival on Saturday will transform concrete into canvases for 15 local artists. Although observers won’t be able to draw on the sidewalks as they have in years past, people can watch the artists create their works and vote online for their favorite. And volunteers are still needed for the event, too.

The series is being presented by Boulder County chambers and economic development agencies, and input “will provide crucial data as we work with regional partners to develop and implement economic recovery plans for Boulder County,” the Boulder County Workforce Center announced in a Monday morning email.   

"It may feel like a stark choice between mental or physical health. But as a family therapist and professor of educational psychology who studies resilience in families under stress, I can assure you there’s no single schooling option that guarantees a happy, healthy kid or dooms a child to despair."

"While children attend K-12 public schools for an average of 1,195 hours per year, a full-time working parent averages twice as much time, about 2,450 hours per year, working and commuting."

The business will now operate out of two food trucks that will be travel throughout the city.

The $25 million fund received bipartisan support with public and private grants and loans to go toward those businesses either unable to participate in the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program or still struggling after the program ended.

“We are at a moment right now where Congress is the only governmental entity that can really provide the relief that’s needed for Colorado families and people across the country,” said Eliot Goldbaum, director of strategic communications for the Colorado Fiscal Institute. “The scope and scale of what we’re seeing is something we’ve never seen before.”

Starting Sept. 8, the library will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. The children’s and teen’s sections, which currently are open three hours a day Monday through Saturday, will be open the same hours.