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"It may feel like a stark choice between mental or physical health. But as a family therapist and professor of educational psychology who studies resilience in families under stress, I can assure you there’s no single schooling option that guarantees a happy, healthy kid or dooms a child to despair."

“Everything we plant, with one or two exceptions, has been growing in this area for at least a couple of centuries. I’ve been into this all my life. So when we got an opportunity to look at this property, bells were ringing in my head about what a good place it would be.”

Today’s spotlight is on Collin Brantmeyer and his new book “Death of a Car Salesman.” Brantmeyer lives in Longmont with his wife and son.

We know voters and potential voters will have questions about how voter registration works, how mail-in ballots work, how ballots are counted and more. The Colorado News Collaborative and its members, which the Leader is among, want to answer those questions. Here’s a start.

The voting methods in Colorado are customary and date back to 2013, when the all-mail ballot system went statewide for all elections. Yet Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold and county clerks from both parties now find themselves defending a system that was added as an option for Colorado counties back in 1993.

The National Park Service estimates that about 85% of forest fires are started by humans, usually by carelessness.

Christopher Reyes was sentenced today to 9 years in state prison with 5 years of parole to follow, plus an additional consecutive 8 years on supervised probation with rehabilitative terms and conditions.

The LEADING EDGE™ Entrepreneurship Series is a virtual hands-on, step-by-step business planning program for start-up and early stage businesses, which have not yet reached profitability.

"The team at Longmont United Hospital appreciates that fears around contracting COVID-19 are real for many. Still, my colleagues and I are equally fearful of the risks associated with ignoring other medical complaints."

A daily crime report in Longmont.