Category: Boulder County Latest News

Boulder County Fair Update

Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation and its impact on community health, Boulder County is unable to host the Fair in a safe environment for all of our fairgoers to enjoy. We will move the entertainment activities to July 30 through August 8th, 2021, anticipating that it will be safe to hold large gatherings at …

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CU Presents Pivots To Digital Performances

In a typical spring, the University of Colorado Boulder campus would be bustling with preparation for the opening night of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, however, the festival and all other in-person musical and theatrical performances on campus have been postponed until further notice. But the show must go on. CU Presents, which represents many performing …

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Longmont Library Offers Summer Full of Virtual Programing

This summer will be a unique one for the Longmont Public Library, but that’s kind of par for the course in 2020, isn’t it? Although the Library is re-opening in phases over the summer, staff is taking many precautions to protect patrons and staff from the coronavirus. Knowing this, we had to completely rethink our …

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A Soldier’s Story

With the 4th of July celebrated virtually this year due to the pandemic, we should take time to remember the sacrifices of those who gave us our freedom. Those fateful words written over 220 years ago in the Declaration of Independence set our country in motion. Many battles have been fought and lives lost since …

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Zonta Volunteers Make A Difference

Zonta Foothills Club of Boulder County, a member of Zonta International, has been supporting women and girls in Boulder County since its charter in 1982. An all volunteer organization, the Foothills Club is making a difference in women’s lives locally and around the world. They work to help ensure women’s safety, health, education and empowerment …

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Step Inside the Museum of Boulder!

Take a virtual tour of our Boulder Experience Gallery with our Director of Education, Emily Zinn! This tour guides you through displays, inter-actives and multimedia experiences that cover the history of Boulder from the earliest days of Native American inhabitants, through key times of cultural, scientific and economic change, continuing to the present day. Become …

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TRU Cares for our Community During COVID Crisis

TRU Community Care (TRU), a non-profit health care organization that provides a continuum of care for individuals living with advanced illness and loss, is using tele-health technology (TRU TeleCare) to safely and effectively deliver uninterrupted care to the community’s most vulnerable populations. TRU has deployed tele-health tablets to palliative care and hospice patients to proactively …

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Community Art Project

Still accepting artwork for our community art project! COMMUNITY IS NOT CANCELLED Mail to: 195 S. Main St. Ste. 8 Longmont, CO 80501 Longmont Hearing & Tinnitus Center has a special request. We are asking children to draw, color or paint a piece of artwork to be given to a senior patient who may be …

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Look for Eye Health

Setting healthy habits should make you feel good – that’s the whole point, right? So, consider this: opt for a few, small lifestyle wins with clear start and end points rather than mounting an all-out assault on your current habits. “One goal that checks all the boxes is getting an eye exam,” says Dr. Jennifer …

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Why, at 85, I Volunteer

By Gary Cox, Spellbinders Volunteer Storyteller My wife and I retired from our small business a few years ago and moved to Josephine Commons in Lafayette, a delightful apartment complex for low income folks over 55. We raised six children here in Colorado. We now have 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. When we were young, …

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VA Telehealth Protects Veterans

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is leveraging telehealth technology to help protect veterans and their family from the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Using video telehealth appointments, veterans can connect with their VA care teams from anywhere, without traveling and exposing themselves, their family, and other veterans to COVID-19. Video telehealth options, such as …

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Celebrating A Centennial

The University Women’s Club of Boulder, Colorado is celebrating its centennial. Founded in 1919 as the Faculty Women’s Club of CU Boulder, membership was originally restricted to female faculty and faculty wives. Today, membership is open to all women who are friends of the University. The Club’s mission is to promote friendship and strengthen their …

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