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If placed on the ballot and approved by voters, the Colorado Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress program would provide an estimated $150 million annually in aid for services like tutoring, counseling, language acquisition, music and arts instruction and career technical training. It would be funded by a 5% hike on recreational marijuana sales, as well as revenues from state trust lands.

An estimated 74% of Coloradans aged 70 and up, who were among the first to become eligible, have received the vaccine to date.

The total cost to fully implement the BRT system and lane improvements is projected to be $253.3 million as pieces of funding come available, said Kathleen Bracke, mobility director for Boulder County. “All the work we are doing today is to get the project ready,” Bracke said.

Silver Creek boys' season ends with loss.

Cool shots of air set the stage for a very moist, slow moving storm that may create historic snow headaches Friday through Sunday.

Nationally, researchers say an additional 1.7 billion seedlings are needed to restore just half of lands available for reforestation by 2040. Greater investment also is needed for seed storage, tree-nursery expansion, workforce development and improved planting practices.

Applications from Longmont students ages 5 to  18 will be taken through March 19 for projects that will “help (the) community and change the world.”

The 2-year-old victim's injuries included “compression fractures of her spine, two skull fractures, subdural hemorrhages and retinal hemorrhages,” according to the Boulder County District Attorney's Office. Thanks to medical care "she continues her recovery as a happy, energetic" 4-year-old.

House Bill 21-1161 would cancel some Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS, testing for the 2020-2021 school year.

"In this time of hyper-partisanship, HB21-1139 makes a good parable about participatory democracy. It is a matter that can be discussed by a diverse group civilly, and on which people can question each other without rancor and even change their minds. It’s a good reminder that we don’t have all the answers."