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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The Routt County Board of Commissioners passed a new public health order Monday, hoping to stave off more COVID-19 cases that could require even harsher restrictions locally. The new order, which will be in effect until March 1 unless commissioners change it before then, requires restaurants to take additional mitigation measures, lowers capacity limits in offices and limits any social gatherings to just one residence. It also includes language that requires short-term ren...

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News A vial of Moderna’s vaccine at the Otero County Health Department’s mass COVID-19 vaccination drive-through clinic for those 70 and older at the Arkansas Valley Fairgrounds in Rocky Ford on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Bingo is back in the dining room. In-person visits have returned, too, though with masks and plexiglass. The Haven Assisted Living Facility’s residents are even planning a field trip for a private movie screening once they’ve all gotten their second ...

While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has hit snags, rural communities in Colorado have gotten creative about getting the doses out quickly.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Each flu season is different, but this year is unusually quiet with only 18 hospitalizations in Colorado due to influenza. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting record-low numbers of...

At Colorado’s rural edges, vaccines help assisted living homes crack open the doors Bingo is back in the dining room. In-person visits have returned, too, though with masks and plexiglass. The Haven Assisted Living Facilitys residents are even planning a field trip for a private movie screening once theyve all gotten their second round of covid-19 vaccines. Such changes are small but meaningful to residents in the Hayden, Colorado, long-term care home, and theyre due mostly to the arrival of ...

Reverting to Type exhibition features protest posters by 100 letterpress artists The online exhibition features a mix of famous names and less-heard voices, who all use letterpress techniques to express their feelings on a range of contemporary issues 28/01/2021 8:03 am Organised by letterpress studio New North Press, the exhibition was originally held at the Standpoint Gallery in London, where it opened in December but then had to close due to the latest UK Covid-19 lockdown. It has since re...

Parents know the drill by now. The third UK lockdown has brought with it another opportunity to scrabble around frantically for anything, anything at all, to occupy the little treasures. How many Lego superhero films are too many? Is your seven-year-old really capable of self-directed learning? Will the 11th worksheet be the charm? Happily, various museums and arts organisations have stepped into the virtual breach, making up for the cultural privations of the pandemic by, hopefully, turning on...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — There hasn’t been a single positive influenza test result taken at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs since the flu season arrived in late September, said the hospital’s infection preventionist,…

A Joe Brainard Show in a Book from Loewe Gareth Harris The late artist and writer Joe Brainard (1942-1994)—a master of collage and découpage as well as a poignant poet— has slipped under the radar in recent times. Brainard died of Aids-related pneumonia at the age of 52, garnering a tribute in the New York Times from esteemed critic Roberta Smith who described him as an “artist, writer, set designer and frequent collaborator with the New York School poets”. Now Bra...

A car parade travels down Anglers Drive on Saturday for the annual Womens March. (Photo by Bryce Martin) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The fourth annual Women’s March in Steamboat Springs felt a bit different Saturday for many of its participants. The COVID-19 pandemic inspired the march’s organizers to hold a drive-by parade around the city rather than the usual walk down Lincoln Avenue, and the heavy snowfall provided a challenge to vehicles driving around unplowed roads and steep hills. For the ...