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Fan support: Limited number of spectators can now attend SVVSD sporting events

Fan support: Limited number of spectators can now attend SVVSD sporting events

Players will be issued four tickets each for contests with schools from another district, while they will be issued two each when facing another SVVSD team, according to an email sent Tuesday to families.
What exactly is the polar vortex?

What exactly is the polar vortex?

As atmospheric scientists, we cringe when the term polar vortex is used to loosely refer to blasts of cold weather. The actual polar vortex can’t put snow in your backyard, but changes in the polar vortex can load the dice for wintry weather — and this year, the dice rolled Yahtzee.
Community conversation on race, social justice continues Thursday at Longmont Museum

Community conversation on race, social justice continues Thursday at Longmont Museum

“Voices of Change, Part 2: A History of Race & Social Justice in Longmont,” presented by the Longmont Museum, will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. on Facebook, Longmont Public Media and Comcast channels 8/880. 
Longmont police report Feb. 8, 2021

Longmont police report Feb. 8, 2021

A daily crime report in Longmont.
Council set to review continuing SVVSD school resource officer program

Council set to review continuing SVVSD school resource officer program

Longmont Public Safety spokeswoman Robin Ericson in an email said the city has never considered ending or altering its SRO program, which began in 1996.
Boulder County Five Star Certification Program now taking applications

Boulder County Five Star Certification Program now taking applications

“Ultimately, Friday’s COVID Dial 2.0 update rewards Five Star Certified businesses by giving them the opportunity to move down the dial when eligible and protects them if Boulder County moves back up the dial,” according to a news release.
Longmont library program and new discussion group will examine ancient philosophies

Longmont library program and new discussion group will examine ancient philosophies

CU Graduate Program seeks to involve community in discussions of classical philosophy
Opinion: RTD betrayed taxpayers on FasTracks

Opinion: RTD betrayed taxpayers on FasTracks

Residents in Longmont, northwest metro Denver have invested many millions in phantom train
‘Representation really matters:’ County, city striving to add diverse members to advisory boards, commissions

‘Representation really matters:’ County, city striving to add diverse members to advisory boards, commissions

“Many of these boards are not reflective of the people they serve, so the visions that they have are not (truly) the visions of the people.”
Next phase of expanded unemployment benefits begins in Colorado on Feb. 22

Next phase of expanded unemployment benefits begins in Colorado on Feb. 22

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said that “Phase 2” of the rollout of extended unemployment benefits authorized by the Continued Assistance Act, the $900 billion COVID-19 relief package enacted in late December, will resume payments to claimants whose benefits were exhausted, as well as those who have filed a new claim since the bill’s passage.