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Colorado parents’ multiple choice on standardized tests: A) The collective good B) sending their kids over the edge

Colorado parents’ multiple choice on standardized tests: A) The collective good B) sending their kids over the edge

Some say collecting data from the CMAS test is particularly critical after a year of tears, disengagement and online learning
Fatal snowboard collision reported at Eldora Mountain Resort

Fatal snowboard collision reported at Eldora Mountain Resort

NEWS RELEASE BOULDER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ************************* On Sunday, February 28, 2021 at approximately 3:50 p.m., the Boulder County Communications Center received a 911 call reporting a medical emergency at Eldora Mountain Resort.
Longmont City Council to review report on school resource officers

Longmont City Council to review report on school resource officers

The work of SROs was questioned by members of city council in February in the wake of fears officers may be targeting minority students for tickets and arrests. Both Denver Public Schools and the Boulder Valley School District have opted to remove SROs from their campuses over complaints that minority students were unfairly singled out by in-school police.
Tips for homeowners facing frozen or burst pipes

Tips for homeowners facing frozen or burst pipes

Cold weather will continue to impact Colorado homeowners and renters
Longmont police report Feb. 28, 2021

Longmont police report Feb. 28, 2021

A daily crime report in Longmont.
Girl Scouts extend cookie sales to allow girls to meet goals

Girl Scouts extend cookie sales to allow girls to meet goals

The deadline to sale Girl Scout cookies has been extended through March 21.
Colorado tweaks vaccine rollout again, aims to prioritize ‘most vulnerable’

Colorado tweaks vaccine rollout again, aims to prioritize ‘most vulnerable’

Phase that starts March 5 includes grocery workers, people 60 to 64 and those with multiple health conditions
Is Colorado’s school accountability system working? Lawmakers call for an audit to find out

Is Colorado’s school accountability system working? Lawmakers call for an audit to find out

Don Haddad, superintendent of the St. Vrain Valley School District, said the current system creates bad incentives. A district with more lenient graduation requirements might come out ahead of one that requires rigorous coursework and invests in modern career and technical education.
City leaders join call to extend protections for renters, landlords hit by COVID

City leaders join call to extend protections for renters, landlords hit by COVID

Longmont joining the Boulder County Consortium of Cities in urging Gov. Jared Polis to extend and expand existing and expired executive orders that created statewide protections for renters and landlords adversely hit by the pandemic.
Ask the Introvert: Innies have a language all their own

Ask the Introvert: Innies have a language all their own

Just as introverts process information differently (looking at you, naturally ruminative prefrontal cortex), our working definitions of popular words are positively different, too.