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Mask-wearing mandate will likely continue, Polis says

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday said that he will extend Colorado’s statewide mask-wearing mandate until at least mid-October. The directive is set to expire this weekend. Polis said he’ll extend the...

DATE: Sept. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado College dorms quarantined after 10 students test positive for coronavirus

All three major dormitories at Colorado College are now under two-week quarantine after 10 students at the school tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week. The small, private liberal...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Polis’ mask mandate

The Colorado Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a lawsuit filed by a top statehouse Republican and a conservative activist challenging Gov. Jared Polis’ statewide mask mandate. The court made...

DATE: Aug. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado to begin allowing indoor visitation at nursing homes as soon as next week

Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday that Colorado will begin allowing in-person visitation at nursing homes and long-term care facilities as soon as next week. That’s welcome news for families...

DATE: Aug. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s red flag gun law has been used 73 times. Here’s how it went

In the seven months after Colorado’s red flag gun law went into effect in January, allowing judges to order the temporary seizure of firearms from some people deemed a significant risk to...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor lets bars, restaurants serve alcohol until 11 p.m.

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday said he will allow bars and restaurants in Colorado to serve alcohol until 11 p.m. starting on Saturday, but extend his last-call order earlier for at least another 30...

DATE: Aug. 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado students may shuffle schools, leaving a mess in their wake

When Centennial School District R-1 resumes classes on Wednesday, the student population will have plummeted from where it was a year ago. The number of children enrolled in the San Luis Valley...

DATE: Aug. 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

5 new insights into Polis’ coronavirus response and how COVID-19 affects Colorado

Jared Polis’ top deputies appeared before a panel of leading state lawmakers on Tuesday to talk about the governor’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Specifically, Polis’ surrogates outlined how...

DATE: Aug. 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis orders alcohol sales to cease at 10 p.m. to slow spread of coronavirus

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday ordered that alcohol sales in Colorado cease at 10 p.m. in an effort to slow the increasing spread of coronavirus among young people in the state. Polis said alcohol has...

DATE: July 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Threats, vandalism, resignations: Colorado health officials are under attack

Joni Reynolds, the head of Gunnison County’s public health department, entered kind of a routine as the coronavirus crisis descended on Colorado earlier this year: Long hours. Sleepless nights. A...

DATE: July 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor vetoes bill that sought to reduce opioid abuse

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday vetoed a bill that sought to reduce opioid abuse in Colorado because it would have increased the cost of health insurance. Provisions in House Bill 1085 requiring...

DATE: July 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado governor orders bars to re-close to in-person service

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday ordered Colorado bars and nightclubs to close once again to in-person service because of the coronavirus crisis, citing the fact that the establishments have been blamed...

DATE: June 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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