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and last updated 2021-01-06 21:31:02-05 BROOMFIELD, Colo. -- Select restaurants in Broomfield are on the brink of more relief. "We hope we qualify for that program," said owner of Pho 78, John Trinh. About 40 restaurants have applied for the 5-star-program with the City and County of Broomfield, which would grant them access to operate under Level Yellow guidelines, instead of Level Orange, where the city currently sits. For Trinh, getting approved for 5-star status would give his business a b...

Elementary students headed back to Durango schools Durango, Colorado Mon 1% chance of precipitation 15% chance of precipitation 6% chance of precipitation 17% chance of precipitation On Monday, youngest pupils will return to in-person learning 2 days a week By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 4:00 PM Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 10:30 PM Elementary students headed back to Durango schools Mo...

The improvement on the COVID-19 dial from red to orange has allowed many restaurants to resume offering indoor dining to their customers, and Tuesday's announcement of the first counties eligible for the state's 5-Star Certification Program may ultimately do the same for other eateries.

COVID-19 restrictions ease in La Plata County Durango, Colorado Currently Sun 5-Star program has tighter rules but offers hope of 50% capacity for restaurants By Patrick Armijo Education, business & real estate reporter Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 6:39 PM Updated: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 10:30 PM A sign on the door of East by Southwest on the day after Christmas says the restaurant has received a 5-Star certification and can open for limited indoor din...

Published Wednesday, January 6, 2021 by Robert Davis | The Center Square (The Center Square) - Colorados public health order has been amended to include the states 5-star variance program designed to help businesses reopen amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments (CDPHE) amended public health order took effect on Monday, just as numerous counties across the state moved from Level Red, or severe risk, to Level Orange, or high risk, on the...

Colorados public health order updated with program to assist businesses by Robert Davis, The Center Square  | January 06, 2021 09:30 AM Print this article Colorados public health order has been amended to include the states 5-star variance program designed to help businesses reopen amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments (CDPHE) amended public health order took effect on Monday, just as numerous counties...

Late on December 30, Governor Jared Polis announced on social media that on Monday, January 4, all of the states counties currently at Level Red on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment COVID dashboard dial will move to Level Orange. He credited improving COVID-19 stats in the state for making the change possible. As a result, many businesses will see loosened regulations this week. Restaurants, for example, will be able to resume indoor dining — at 25 percent capacity or ...

Throughout this pandemic, we have had to walk a difficult line between the public health crisis and the economic crisis. In reviewing the data today, Colorado has been in a sustained decline for 13 days, and only 73% of ICU beds statewide are in use. This is a direct result of Coloradans stepping up and taking the steps to protect themselves and others. In light of this and based on the data, Im asking CDPHE to move counties in Red on the dial to Orange, effective Monday, January 4, 2021. This ...

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 launches 5-star certification, a path to higher capacities. But not in Larimer. Rebecca Powell, Fort Collins Coloradoan Watch as local healthcare workers get Colorados first COVID-19 vaccines Replay Video UP NEXT Starting Friday, Colorado counties can apply to set up a new "5-star" variance program that would allow businesses to have more capacity than current COVID-19 restrictions allow — and in some cases, it could reinstate indoor dining. But in Level Red counties...