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Academic leaders are campaigning for funding to be restored as if the health, and perhaps existence, of their campuses are at stake.

"The Air We Breathe: On Front Range Air Quality,"  with National Center for Atmospheric Research scientists Frank Flocke and Gabi Pfister, will be streamed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday

States must administer federally required standardized tests this year, but schools won’t be held accountable for the results — and that states could give shorter, remote, or delayed versions of the exams. 

Council members will meet in an executive session, which will be closed to the public, to discuss the future of Northwest Rail, as well as the planned First Avenue and Main Street transit project.

Opponents of testing this year — which include many superintendents and school boards as well as the state’s largest teachers union — say that testing amid an ongoing pandemic presents numerous logistical challenges and would take away from precious instructional time, without yielding valid results. Many education advocacy groups, meanwhile, say that standardized tests could provide invaluable information for assessing learning loss and help direct resources to students who need the most help.

The grant program, now in its fifth year, is part of AARP's national Livable Communities initiative, which supports efforts in cities, towns, neighborhoods and rural areas to improve public parks and open spaces, increase access to transportation and housing options, and foster civic engagement.

The Executive Committee For African American Cultural Events, a newly formed consortium under the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee focused on bringing virtual and in-person Black and African American-centered events to Boulder County and the larger Colorado community, will host its inaugural event on Saturday

A daily crime report in Longmont.

About to celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Flower Bin is one of the area’s best-known destinations for gardening needs, flower baskets and advice.

Exploring the differences and the similarities among industry impacts in the time of COVID, and looking beyond them in the coming year will come front and center this week at the fifth annual summit.