Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Local hospital staff further buoyed by hope as vaccines become more readily available

El personal de hospitales locales se siente más y más esperanzado a medida que las vacunas se hacen disponibles

" ... Having someone to speak your language, understand your culture, whether that is the mountain community or the Latino community, can be so key in bringing resources to people,” said Carmen Ramirez, Longmont’s community and neighborhood resources manager.

Aun con congelación salarial para empleados e ingresos de servicios de recreación significativamente bajos, a Longmont le fue mejor de lo esperado después de un años lleno de incertidumbre.

Employee pay frozen, recreation revenues significantly down but Longmont fared better than expected in a year full of unknowns.

These optimistic new numbers may not be a sign of a healthy economy. In fact, they illustrate a starkly divided economic recovery.

States are still waiting for federal guidance, but they appear to have considerable flexibility in determining how to spend the American Rescue Plan money.

Colorado is still weeks away from broad community protection from COVID-19, but with case counts, hospitalizations and infection rates now flat or down after a fall and winter surge, there is growing public pushback being directed at the remaining restrictions .

The proposal announced Friday would allow local authorities and "private entities" in the counties with the lowest coronavirus infection rates to determine whether or not masks would be required.

Longmont hosts vaccination clinic for members of LGBTQ and Latino communities.