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Due to the budget cuts, three of the four programs in the participating judicial districts were forced to a screeching halt, while Boulder County’s remained in operation with the help of grant funding.

Longmont resident among the last members appointed Monday to the commission.

Part of a larger public-lands package, the measure aims to boost Colorado's outdoor-recreation economy and protect some 400,000 acres of public lands including Camp Hale, where 10th Mountain Division soldiers trained for alpine combat in World War II.

College leaders welcomed Friday’s news, especially as some schools already have returned to campus or are preparing to return to in-person learning.

Colorado, over nine months with legalized sports gambling, has eclipsed $1.5 billion in total bets placed.

Phase that starts March 5 includes grocery workers, people 60 to 64 and those with multiple health conditions

Don Haddad, superintendent of the St. Vrain Valley School District, said the current system creates bad incentives. A district with more lenient graduation requirements might come out ahead of one that requires rigorous coursework and invests in modern career and technical education.

Busses will go straight from DIA to Brekenridge and Loveland.

School boards, superintendents, and teachers unions have called for the tests to be canceled this year. They say administering the tests represents major logistical challenges, including calling back computers that students are using for remote learning, and would take away from instructional time without providing valid data.

Speaking at a virtual news conference, Polis said some frontline essential workers also will qualify for the first phase, including those who work in the grocery, agriculture and meatpacking industries. Younger people with two or more qualifying medical conditions also can get the vaccine.