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Judging spots for the distiller’s annual contest are filled, but to-go versions of the holiday specialty are available from the Main Street tasting room.

Modern West call for a combination of high-density homes and workspaces, along with an emphasis on solar power and urban farming, according to a city staff report. Plan now heads to city council for vote in January.

Sharon O’Leary, co-chair of the Historic Eastside Neighborhood Association, on Tuesday lobbied city council to make historic preservation a top priority in 2021, which marks 150 years since Longmont’s founding. 

Elementary students head back to schools on Jan. 6, with middle schoolers going back on Jan. 11 and high schoolers on Jan. 19

A daily crime report in Longmont.

The state and the city of Longmont look to find new ways to help local businesses.

Commission member: ‘It seems like we’ve had a pretty good relationship with the utilities, and I want to maintain that’

A big question is the fate of a little over 5,000 permits already in the pipeline, about 4,300 to drill wells and about 740 for the location of well sites. In 2019, the COGCC approved 2,111 permits to drill wells and 256 well-location permits. 11 this year, the state has approved 1,350 to drill wells and 155 location permits.

Also earning CHSAA honors were Skyline guard Oscar Aranday and defensive lineman Joel Hesse, Longmont quarterback Keegan Patterson, receiver Caleb Johnson and defensive tackle Aiden Gaddis, Silver Creek receiver Eli Hubert and Mead QB Gavin Garrettson, and Niwot QB Ayden Bartko and wide receiver Craig Wright.

It’s inequitable, they say, to ask English learners, most of whom are students of color, to return to school buildings and sit for exams when the same might not be asked of their English-speaking peers.