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Coloradans are on edge. As individuals. As families. As communities. Colorado already had greater demand for behavioral health services than it could provide. And the safety net that even the state’s top mental health official said has “too many holes” might be further frayed by the tight state budget. 

Abnormally warm and dry weather remains in place until a Wednesday cold front turns us cool with a small chance of weekend precipitation.

On Monday more than a dozen U.S. House and Senate members announced a push for a bipartisan coronavirus relief package. Neguse’s letter requests that any relief package include hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for efforts like the U.S. Forest Service’s Hazardous Fuels Program.

Vehicle travel in early November was as much as 20% lower than a year earlier, but it surged around the holiday and peaked on Thanksgiving Day at only about 5% less than the pandemic-free period in 2019, according to StreetLight Data. Airports also saw some of their busiest days of the pandemic, though air travel was much lower than last year. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 1 million passengers on four separate days during the Thanksgiving travel period.

City council this week gave preliminary approval to granting employees an additional paid floating holiday, rather than a pay boost. The additional floating holiday would be a one-time benefit for 2021.

Activities that are not intended to harm birds, but do so directly in ways that could have been foreseen — such as filling in wetlands where migrating birds rest and feed — will no longer be prosecuted.

Garlic isn’t picky at all. In fact, it’s one of the easiest plants to grow, is incredibly forgiving and is hard to mess up. 

Ready to up the ante on your display? Here are some tidbits of advice from the pros

A daily crime report in Longmont.

The Veterans Community Project community for homeless vets is months away from completion but a team from the nonprofit is already on the job in Longmont.