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"Lately, I’ve been curious to see how recent holiday cards have dealt with the tensions of the year – and how greeting cards during other eras of struggle handled the holidays. From a cursory review, it’s clear other difficult times have revealed a similar instinct to acknowledge the incongruence of strife mixed with the season of joy."

The book is a historical look at Longmont's parks over the last 150 years.

As hurricane force winds blew fire toward Grand Lake and Lake Granby, Northern Water upended its operations to save its water system.

Over the last 13 years, Willie B., a local radio talent and a self-proclaimed wrench turner in his free time, has bought and fixed cars for his annual Cars for Christmas project.

How to stay open amid the pandemic is an issue resorts across the U.S. are facing. Mandatory face coverings have become the norm, but other COVID mitigation efforts vary by site.

Five families opened the doors to their homes and traditions to share with the community their take on Christmas.

“The worry is that the homeless population is transient, and you have different populations moving in and out of shelters, and that could increase exposure for workers in the shelter and for those who are coming in for the night,” said Cathy Alderman, spokeswoman for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

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“The one emotion I wanted to convey in the album, especially in the title track ‘Bird of Paradise,’ is this feeling of freedom, feeling of escape and just liberation. I think it just comes back to what music is for me. The handpan has always been this escape and this freedom for me,” Mark D’Ambrosio said.