COVID-19 first arrived in Mesa County exactly one year ago today.
Over those 365 days, Mesa County has seen more than 150 people die after testing positive for the coronavirus.
However, as Mesa County enters its second year living with the virus, vaccines are outpacing total infections, hospitalizations have plummeted and events that were totally shut down last year are readying to return.
On the occasion of Mesa County completing a full trip around the sun with COVID-19, The Daily Sentinel spoke with area officials on what they remember from the past year, and what they see going forward. Those stories can be found throughout todayâs edition.
On home snow at state, Oppito, Smith shine for Summit High School Nordic
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Sign language has become a bit of a competitive strategy on the court for the Glenwood Springs High School girls basketball team in recent years.
One of Lady Demons’ key players, senior co-captain Graci Dietrich, has severe hearing loss and relies on hand signs and lip-reading, rather than verbal communication, between her teammates and coaches.
Since her days attending and playing basketball at Glenwood Springs Middle School, Dietrich has also had her personal interpreter, Kyle Larson, in the classroom and on the sidelines with her making sure she understands those she interacts with on a daily basis.
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While the headline was shocking for most, Parmet and his colleagues had been preparing for that day since the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China.
“We know that Summit County is a premier destination, not just for the country but for the world, and so we thought, ’Well, if this thing comes here, we can be No. 1, so we had to be ready,” he said.
It’s safe to say not a single health care professional or county official will forget the day that the first case was confirmed. Summit County Public Health Nurse Manager Sara Lopez was on a backcountry hut trip when her phone erupted into a flurry of texts from friends and colleagues.
Summit Tigers Nordic skier Kai Oppito skis out of the start area just east of Loveland Ski Area en route to a fourth-place finish in the 7.5-kilometer skate race on the recpath to Bakerville earlier this month. On Friday, Oppito was Summit’s top racer in fourth place at the Steamboat Springs skate.
The Summit High School Nordic ski team raced to a runner-up performance at Friday’s 5.7-kilometer skate race at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center despite being without one of its best skiers.
Tigers head coach Eva Hagen said Jonah Mocatta suffered a wrist injury while Alpine skiing Thursday that sidelined him from Friday’s race and could force him out of next weekend’s state championships at Gold Run Nordic Center in Breckenridge.
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