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District assurances still aren’t quelling the dread many teachers and school staff members are feeling as the new school year approaches, said Susie Hidalgo-Fahring, a Longmont City Council member who will teach third grade this year at Indian Peaks Elementary.

Three decades after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, advocates say the goal of inclusivity for disabled people remains very much work in progress. Here’s where they say there’s still work to do

The city in 2015 completed an ADA transition plan assessing its facilities and buildings, and each year has been working to implement needs or upgrades it identified, said Joanne Zeas, chief human resources officer and ADA coordinator. 

In outdoor ceremonies held simultaneously at 9 a.m. at high school fields throughout the district, grads got their diplomas and to the applause of much smaller crowds than those of ceremonies prior to the coronavirus pandemic.

The statewide measure calls for everyone older than 10 to wear face coverings in all public indoor spaces and while outdoors when social distancing cannot be maintained.

Best Maternity Care Hospitals meet care standards as determined by the nonprofit Leapfrog Group, which uses performance reports and patient safety data to assess hospitals.

Tropical (or monsoon) moisture continues to stream into the West giving us a cool and wet period now through Thursday.

A daily crime report in Longmont.

Jeff Satur, Longmont’s deputy chief for Police Services, said Narcan has saved 42 people since police began carrying the spray in January 2017. In total, 114 lives have been saved with Narcan in the last three years by police, fire and EMS crews.

The store, which hopes to open mid-fall in the former Lucky's Market space, is seeking to develop Longmont-focused nonprofit partnerships and bring locally made items for sale.