Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

A final decision will be made this evening, after school board members share their thoughts or modifications to the plan with Superintendent Don Haddad. A letter will be sent to parents Friday detailing what the spring semester will look like for their students.

Longmont United will distribute 275 vaccines to hospital worker through Friday.

In Colorado and most other states, prisoners aren't near the front of the line for initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine now being distributed. Health care workers and nursing home residents are getting the first wave of shots, and many argue that those who break the law — despite living in conditions that put them at risk — shouldn't be a priority when many others are vulnerable.

The campaign will develop and launch a series of short videos explaining the ways in which food service, retail and other essential workers in contact with the public should quarantine and isolate if they are exposed to COVID, said Chana Goussetis, Boulder County Public Health COVID-19 response public information officer. 

Report is short on details about how the state will help schools overcome logistical challenges.

The original letter and resolution was aimed at Weld County for not adhering to mandated restrictions under the state’s red level status, aimed at minimizing the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado.

UCHealth Workers United says it will organize staff members across all job titles and locations in the UCHealth system, which employs more than 25,000 people at seven major hospitals and dozens of clinics across the state, including Longs Peak Hospital and clinics in Longmont.

Reflecting a trend seen nationally during the pandemic, the biggest drops came in the early grades, with kindergarten enrollment declining more than 9%.

This week's update  will focus on the current COVID-19 disease status in our communities, possibilities to move to a less restrictive level on the state COVID-19 dial, and updates on COVID-19 vaccine.

Three dissenting justices noted that the state already had lifted the challenged restrictions.