Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Colorado is headed in the right direction — but the COVID variants are worrisome.

As of Tuesday, 94% of teachers and staff had received or had the opportunity to schedule a vaccination appointment. 

To reach and vaccinate more people, the county is working with community ambassadors and is planning town hall meetings and mobile and community clinics

Colorado’s DeGette tells manufacturers demand for doses yet to be met.

“We do think office (space) will play an important role in the economy going forward, particularly for certain industries … The office isn’t going away, it is just how the office will be used is going to change in the future.”

SVVSD on Tuesday announced to parents and teachers that students will return to in-person school four days a week beginning March 29, the first school day after spring break, which is March 22-26. 

States must administer federally required standardized tests this year, but schools won’t be held accountable for the results — and that states could give shorter, remote, or delayed versions of the exams. 

"We are public opinion scholars at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In cooperation with our partners at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and National Public Radio, we conducted a survey in July and August of last year to try to understand how the first round of aid had affected American families in need. What we found shocked us then and feels relevant now as the government negotiates its next steps."

"We are professors who study the psychological effects on people caught up in crisis, violence and natural disasters. COVID-19 surely qualifies as a crisis, and our survey of more than 1,500 U.S. adults clearly showed that those experiencing the most media exposure about the pandemic had more stress and depression."

Program, whose launch coincided with county's move to yellow on state COVID dial, as of Wednesday had certified 26 businesses and certification is underway for the remainder of the 75 that applied.