Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

An estimated 74% of Coloradans aged 70 and up, who were among the first to become eligible, have received the vaccine to date.

The guidance is designed to address a growing demand, as more adults have been getting vaccinated and wondering if it gives them greater freedom to visit family members, travel, or do other things like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world last year.

The bill will now go to the House Appropriations Committee, where sponsors hope to move it quickly through the Legislature and to the governor’s desk so that state education officials can prepare a waiver request for the federal government.

Los residentes del condado de Boulder pueden inscribirse con los proveedores

People 60 and older, frontline essential workers in grocery and agriculture, as well as people ages 16 to 59 with two or more high-risk conditions are now eligible for vaccinations

Sponsors of legislation to scale back the number of tests Colorado students take this spring hope this approach represents a middle ground that satisfies the desire to take stock of how COVID disruptions affected student learning while still giving school districts some relief from logistical challenges. 

Longmonters through March 18 have an opportunity to provide feedback on again expanding outdoor space for businesses downtown.

Colorado has an estimated 120,000 K-12 school staff and child care workers, and as of Sunday, 93,175 of them have received their first shot. Eligible workers include not just classroom teachers, but bus drivers, food service workers, classroom aides, and others.

Cases at long-term care facilities began dropping in late January, and now the rate of new cases at those facilities is well below the rate of new cases among the general population, according to state data.

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.