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Y locations across the region are offering remote learning and child care programs for kindergarten through fifth grade students in St. Vrain Valley, Boulder Valley, Weld RE-5J and Thompson school districts. 

Locals know Georgia Boys and Smokin’ Dave’s make great barbecue. Here are their tips for a backyard feast at home.

A $21,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation will pay officers overtime to step up patrols to nab impaired drivers over the holiday weekend, traditionally the end to the summer party season.

Generations supports teens and parents preventing school dropout and reduces incidences of unplanned pregnancy.

A daily crime report in Longmont.

The hottest weather of the summer returns for the weekend (with smoke) only to be replaced Tuesday by possibly one of the biggest early season snow storms to hit northeast Colorado.

Money from the Colorado COVID Relief Fund grant will be used to continue and expand the program to provide meals for adults and youth, take-home groceries, and to add additional distribution sites, according to a news release.

The budget calls for Longmont to spend $2.17 million to create the quiet zones, which usually involves erecting safety equipment at the crossings to keep trains from sounding their horns, said Jim Angstadt, the city’s director of engineering services.

A majority of the Regional Transportation District board said Tuesday they support the use of existing savings for a train to Boulder and Longmont to fund another project — a far cheaper rapid bus line between the two cities.

My daughter, Freya, loves exploring outdoors but isn’t usually game for the lengthy and difficult hikes I like to take. With minimal elevation change, the Lichen Loop was a perfect place to let my 8-year-old take the lead on a Saturday morning adventure.