Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

The center was created as a place to house individuals experiencing homelessness who contracted COVID-19, giving them a safe place to recover.

Lawmakers will hold three-day session before recessing until February.

Colorado will not be making any changes to its vaccine program until it can get concrete details on supply quantities and timelines for receiving supply, according to a statement from Gov. Jared Polis.

General Assembly convenes for three days starting Wednesday.

Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Wednesday to officially start the new session, but they will delay most of their work until at least mid-February, when they hope COVID rates will be lower and more people will have been vaccinated. They will take up issues including standardized testing, learning loss, funding for K-12 and higher education, and school discipline. 

The move is the latest in a series that have kept jury trials off the docket.

Gov. Polis: State plans to complete immunizations for people 70 and older by end of February.

Agencies serving teens and children in crisis say referrals have been down while students have been attending school remotely. They expect the number of kids and teens seeking support to rise as they return to in-person learning.

Parents in Colorado are filling plastic grocery bags with toilet paper and taping them to their babies as makeshift diapers because they are not able to afford essentials, forcing them to try ineffective and unhygienic diaper alternatives so they can pay for food and housing.

In total, 182 businesses and nonprofits submitted applications totaling $2.66 million in funding requests, according to the city, which stated it will keep identifying additional funding options for eligible applicants.