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Polis’ order directs the state Department of Revenue to defer the 2.9% monthly sales tax due to the state up to $70,000 — $2,030 — in revenue for qualifying bars, restaurants and food trucks.

Kinship care is used to describe when children are placed with relatives or a significant figure in their lives instead of foster care when it is not safe for them to stay in their homes or with their parents, said Christine Appel, project manager for Project Greatest Gift. 

The panel discussion from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday featuring staff from HOPE for Longmont, The Inn Between and The Reentry Initiative aims to "break open the issue."

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“Given what we saw last spring, we are expecting more people in the backcountry than we’ve seen in previous years,” said Brian Lazar, an avalanche forecaster with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. 

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Children everywhere are excited to see Santa during the holidays. While that will look different this year, Santa has come up with several ways to visit during the pandemic.

Anabella Heinrichs and Anika Pivetta, both 16, work out at the Warrior Playground in Longmont and are now are competing professionally.

“We decided to make a pretty big strategic shift in the design of this event to kind of make it, COVID-proof,” said Karen Stallard, the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce’s membership director.

“Now that I have succeeded in bringing this issue to light, and now that people are aware of how Weld County’s decisions are affecting people in Longmont, I will not pursue an ordinance or denial of health care,” Bagley stated in the email sent Wednesday evening.