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The suspect in the attack has been interviewed but there have been confusing statements from witnesses that have to be weighed, said Longmont Detective Nicholas Aiello. Meanwhile, community members have rallied around the victim and are nearing the halfway mark in a fundraising campaign to help Jorge Rodriguez pay medical and auto repair bills in the wake of the attack. 

Longmont needs the improvements to ensure it can still provide healthy, fresh water to residents in emergencies, including COVID-19, according to city officials.

The nonprofit is continuing to fulfill its mission despite the theft and small difficulties related to the pandemic, but the return of the trailer and the tools it contains will allow the nonprofit to spend money on homes rather than replacements.

A daily crime report in Longmont.

Starting Monday the Union Reservoir swim beach will only be open weekends and Labor Day. Hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A group of 20 parents, students and other concerned community members on Wednesday evening rallied outside the St. Vrain Valley School District Educational Services Center to protest SVVSD’s recent decision to begin the school year in an online-only format. 

Adela Flores-Brennan, executive director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, said one in three Coloradans could turn to Medicaid for health coverage in the near future, with the surge in unemployment and loss of employer-based health insurance.

The Spoke Apartments, at 518 Coffman St., will be part of a mixed-used development that includes at least three residential floor plans, a 260-space parking lot for residents and downtown employees and 8,800 square feet of commercial office space, said Kathy Fedler, Longmont’s Housing and Community Investment Division manager.

Parents everywhere have a lot of questions about the upcoming school year. We are trying to answer as many of them for you as possible.

“Colorado’s election model is the nation’s gold standard, and we use both mail ballots and ballot drop boxes,” said Secretary Griswold. “Mail ballot drop boxes are safe, secure, and add great access to voting.  In fact, about 75% of mail ballot voters return their ballots to a drop box. Our use of drop boxes is even more crucial as the U.S. Postal Service is under attack.”