A district judge scheduled Feb. 19 as the hearing date for Pitkin County Restaurant Alliance’s motion seeking injunctive relief to suspend the public health order that bans indoor dining.
Another ruling Judge Anne Norrdin issued Thursday effectively nixed the alliance’s attempt to get an injunction hearing held as early as Friday, which means the Pitkin County Board of Health’s Red-level order will remain in place indefinitely. The county entered the Red phase Sunday following the board’s vote Jan. 11 made out of concern over a rise in an COVID-19 incidence rate that has been the state’s highest and among the 25 highest in America.