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Close El Paso County businesses qualified under the countys five-star business certification program may operate under loosened capacity restrictions as of Wednesday, March 3, 2021, officials announced. In this file photo from May 1, 2020, Amber Bowen gets her roots touched up at Honey Salon and Spa in Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette) Chancey Bush/The Gazette

El Paso County 5-star certified businesses can begin operating under Level Blue guidelines Colorado Department of Health and Public Environment and last updated 2021-03-03 18:49:39-05 EL PASO COUNTY — Colorado Springs announced Wednesday that 5-star certified businesses can immediately begin operating under Level Blue guidelines on the state COVID-19 dial. For this to happen, the state needed to achieve a 70% vaccination rate among those 70 years and older. Governor Polis announced Tuesda...

Christie Aschwanden / KHN On a sunny Saturday this month, Ruth Hatfield was sitting with a friend’s dog on a sidewalk bench in downtown Grand Junction. Back home in Snowmass Village, 120 miles away through winding Rocky Mountain roadways, local officials had just shut down indoor restaurant dining as COVID-19 cases reached some of the highest levels in Colorado. Here in Grand Junction, though, restaurants were open, and Hatfield had sought out those with the local health department’s �...

Pitkin County moving back to Red Level, businesses react Pitkin County to enforce additional COVID-19 restrictions. and last updated 2021-01-13 21:40:22-05 ASPEN, Colo. — Meat and Cheese, a restaurant in Aspen, isnt serving the numbers it’s accustomed to this time of year. “It’s unfortunate,” Meat and Cheese restaurant manager Sam Hayes said. On Monday, the Pitkin County Board of Health decided to move back to Level Red on the states COVID-19 dial this weekend, which cl...

Some Broomfield businesses start operating at 50% indoor dining capacity Ivan Rodriguez and last updated 2021-01-13 19:38:02-05 BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Since Monday, Great Scott’s Eatery in Broomfield has been operating under Level Yellow guidelines, allowing them to offer indoor dining at a 50% capacity after they were accepted into the states 5-star program. "The food is very good, the wait staff is excellent and the managers do their job," said Jolene Quigley, who has been eating at ...

Even after approval, the 5 Star program roll out in Denver will take time As the City and County of Denver waits for the state to approve its 5 Star program application, city leaders warn once approval comes, it could take a while to process business applications. and last updated 2021-01-12 12:05:57-05 DENVER — As the City and County of Denver waits for the state to approve its 5 Star program application, city and county leaders warn once approval comes, it could take a while to process b...