Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Superintendent Don Haddad told school board members that if he had to decide this week, students would return to in-person classes at least on a half-time basis

El superintendente Don Haddad les dijo a los miembros de la junta escolar que si tuviera que decidir esta semana, los estudiantes regresarían a las clases presenciales al menos a medio tiempo.

At a meeting Tuesday, the Colorado High School Activities Association Board of Directors voted to not reconsider adjustments to the 2020-21 calendar approved on Aug. 4.

Gov. Jared Polis is urging people to get screened at one of the state’s free testing sites, which are operating at about half their capacity.

For many students of color and those from low-income families putting off college may risk never earning a higher education degree. National studies have found that when college students from first-generation backgrounds take a break from school, two out of three never finish college.

Traffic deaths rose by just 1% over the first six months of 2020, from 256 last year to 259 this year, according to preliminary data from CDOT. But the fatality rate per vehicle mile traveled jumped by 20%, to just over one death per 100 million miles. 

Environmental engineer Kyle Bibby is coordinating a nationwide research network sponsored by the National Science Foundation that aims to help scientists pool their work in this area. Here he explains the sewage-virus connection and how researchers hope to eventually translate raw measurements into useful public health information.

“Tech to Connect: Creating Heartfelt Interaction for Those in Need of Connection” aims to get donated iPads, tablets into hands of seniors to create a higher level of intimacy when connecting with family and friends when in-person visits are not possible.

Y locations across the region are offering remote learning and child care programs for kindergarten through fifth grade students in St. Vrain Valley, Boulder Valley, Weld RE-5J and Thompson school districts. 

Money from the Colorado COVID Relief Fund grant will be used to continue and expand the program to provide meals for adults and youth, take-home groceries, and to add additional distribution sites, according to a news release.