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Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence said they got their program application in early because of holiday tourism.  "So how could we remain sure that people were going to stay safe and healthy while also having restaurants open because we needed that capacity?" she said.  Summit County recruited 60 people from town and county government to be a part of a team to ensure restaurants could follow the new guidelines under the program.  Lawrence said less than 200 applied and 134 have bee...

The Review & Preview: What southern Coloradans need to know this week With so much information on COVID-19 in Colorado, heres what you need to know going into this week. Posted at 5:45 AM, Dec 21, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-21 10:22:02-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — With so much information being announced daily about the COVID-19 pandemic, here is a review and preview of what is going on in Southern Colorado as it pertains to the virus: The Review Pfizers vaccine requires two doses, which need...

As restaurants around Colorado continue going back to the drawing board in the face of COVID-19 restrictions, the Wild Corgi Pub picked an easy new target: deep-fried nostalgia. Recognizing the many stoned, hungry potential customers in the Capitol Hill neighborhood late at night, the Corgi has been selling "stoner packages" to delivery and takeout customers, pairing carnival, pub and childhood favorites into $20 delivery orders. The packages feature combinations of such items as fried cheese c...

As we enter the darkest days of the year, it is time to cherish the holiday memories of the past and know that, after this pandemic, we can once again experience the traditional joys of holidays with family and friends. Although we understand how challenging it is, we are asking that everyone across San Miguel County increase your diligence to keep yourselves, your families and your neighbors safe and healthy this holiday season. Currently, the COVID-19 numbers in our county are some of the hig...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is in the process of rolling out its new 5 Star State Certification Program to augment the existing color-coded COVID health and safety dial. The program would allow restaurants to apply for certification in order to do business one level up from the current color level of their county. The City and County of Denver is currently under Level Red restrictions, which prohibit any indoor dining — but earning the 5 Star certification would ...

DENVER — The statewide unemployment rate in Colorado was unchanged from October to November at 6.4% but likely doesn’t include the full extent of job losses caused by several counties moving to Level Red COVID restrictions. The data, released Friday morning by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, showed 6,900 non-farm payroll jobs were lost between the two months to just more than 2.68 million, the first time that has happened since May. Those losses were led by 6,400 job cuts i...

A sign encourages mask wearing in downtown Breckenridge. Colorado has started scaling up a program that allows local businesses struggling under the weight of Level Red coronavirus restrictions to apply for permission to operate at a lower level of the state’s COVID-19 dial. In a Friday news conference, Gov. Jared Polis announced the Department of Public Health and Environment had approved its first application—Summit County’s—to enter its so-called “5-star program.” It gives local...

Colorado officials say avoiding Christmas spike key to hitting finish line on COVID-19 fight News5 has the latest on COVID, including promising news on another vaccine, the status of El Paso County cases, and how we can all help each other during the holidays. By: Blake Roznowski and last updated 2020-12-18 20:58:56-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — State epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said if Colorado avoids a COVID-19 spike from Christmas and New Years Eve activity, the state is o...

UpdatedSat, Dec 19, 2020 at 9:32 am MT Reply More than 3,400 people have died due to COVID-19 in Colorado since the pandemic began, according to public health data. (Shutterstock) Colorado has begun to see a decline in coronavirus case rates over the past two weeks, according to the latest public health data. Between Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon, 3,693 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Colorado, according to public health data. As of Thursday, 304,107 people had been infe...

When COVID-19 swept into Colorado, few industries were as swiftly devastated as gyms and fitness studios. Who wants to grunt and sweat in close proximity to others during a global pandemic? It’s no wonder, then, that these businesses closed early and remained shuttered until June, when they were allowed to reopen at reduced capacity—25 percent or 50 people per room, whichever was fewer. By mid-November, though, as Colorado’s third wave of cases swelled above April’s peak and forced loca...