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El Paso County COVID-19 data trends showing promise COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- New data from the El Paso County Health Department shows promising signs in the fight against COVID-19. Most notably, hospitalizations are trending down from record highs in November. The seven-day average daily admissions is currently 6 per day, which is less than half the average at the beginning of January and a fraction of numbers in November. "I cant emphasize this enough. As the amount of virus in our ...

Mayor Michael Hancock and a cadre of cohorts revealed that the city is officially back in Level Orange on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments dial dashboard. If that level can be maintained for seven days, restaurants, gyms and other businesses that meet the standards set by the states 5-Star Certification Program will be able to operate under Level Yellow standards, which include increasing capacity from 25 percent to 50 percent, among other things. Applications for the 5...

  Based on recent testing, the Positivity Rate is continuing to decline in Prowers County. The current rate is 6.85% down from 7.97% last week and 8.37% the week before. The goal is 5% or less. As of January 27 th, there have been 1,112 reported cases and 56 hospitalizations with 22 deaths. For January 20 th, there were 1,081 cases and 55 hospitalizations with 22 deaths in people who tested positive for COVID-19. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment COVID-19 website lists t...

Having avoided a major spike in COVID-19 infections after the holidays, La Plata County’s case count appears to be leveling off, said San Juan...

A long-awaited program that will enable qualifying and approved businesses to operate with fewer COVID-19 restrictions was officially kicked off in Pueblo on Tuesday at 1129 Spirts and Eatery. The restaurant is one of the initial businesses, alongside Brues Alehouse, to join the countys COVID-19 health restrictions variance program. About 30 businesses are currently in the queue to become certified through the program and raise capacity. Dubbed the Five Star Variance Program, Commissioner Garri...

Having avoided a major spike in COVID-19 infections after the holidays, La Plata County’s case count appears to be leveling off, said San Juan...

Will Denver’s 5 Star Certification Program Save Local Restaurants? The business-variance program could begin pre-certifying area eateries as soon as the first week of February—but increased indoor capacity will have to wait until pandemic metrics go down.Denise Mickelsen •   January 27, 2021 350 for seven days. That’s the magic marker that restaurateurs across Denver County are waiting for, the indicator that the county’s COVID-19 two-week incidence level is low enough, and has rem...

Scaled-back plan for for Haven Apartments proposed near Canvas Stadium After withdrawing plans for a 54-unit apartment building on Prospect Road following neighbors objections, developers are back with a smaller proposal for Haven Apartments near Colorado State Universitys Canvas Stadium. Fort Collins developers Robin and Christian Bachelet have a long-term land lease with the property owner, Colorado State University Research Foundation, or CSURF, to develop the 1.2-acre site at 730 W. Prospe...

Eagle County public health officials believe by week’s end, any county resident who is currently eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and who has registered to do so, will have received a first shot.

Closing a restaurant for allegedly violating COVID-19 safety protocols wasnt a quick process in Jefferson County. From first warning to temporary shutdown, it took more than three months to shutter Goldens Dirty Dogs Roadhouse over a pro-Donald Trump event that was almost entirely mask-free and displayed little evidence of physical distancing. And the watering hole was open again less than two weeks later. Dirty Dogs Roadhouse co-owner Rob Tompkins declined to comment on the episode and its af...