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After a year of ghostly airports, empty sports stadiums and constant Zoom meetings, growing signs suggest that the economy is strengthening. Hiring picked up in February. Business restrictions have eased as the pace of viral infections has ebbed. Yet the economy remains far from normal. Here's where things stand at the one-year mark.

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After requests from the community and many inquiries about book clubs for younger ages, librarians decided to create the library’s first children’s book club program and bring back, after a three-year hiatus, a teen club, both of which can be enjoyed from the comfort of home.

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Colorado is one of 15 states where parents can opt out of vaccines for philosophical reasons and vaccine immunization rates in schools in those states may provide an unfiltered look at COVID vaccine refusals.

While it might mean a lost hour of sleep, the switch Mountain Daylight Time does mean being able to soak in an extra hour of sun in the afternoons. 

“The state demographer identified Colorado is still a growth state,” SVVSD Planning Director Scott Toillion said. “Over the next 10 years, the growth in the Front Range is going to be about 640,000 to 700,000 … a great deal of this growth is going to be right here ... where St. Vrain is located.”

Ottis is more than just a best friend for Peter Kerr, a disabled veteran who served as an Apache helicopter mechanic during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The Great Dane and American bulldog mix also is his support system.

We’re getting warmer weather every now and then, but we’re not out of the woods yet. While you can attempt to plant a few things outside — with row coverings to keep in warmth at night — you’ll still want to start seeds inside.