Statewide COVID-19 dial expires, many counties loosen restrictions
What s happening to COVID restrictions in southern Colorado
Colorado Department of Health and Public Environment
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COLORADO SPRINGS â On Friday, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment will end the statewide COVID-19 dial and will hand over decisions about COVID restrictions to local agencies. The color-coded dial framework has been used since September to create a uniform set of rules regarding capacity limits businesses and employers across the state.
CPDHE Chief Medical Officer Dr. Eric France said several factors led to the decision to give more authority to local governments including:
Bill requiring gun owners to safely store firearms heading to Governor Polis
The second bill requires gun owners to use a trigger lock, or store their weapons in a safe when they know a child, or someone who should not be in possession of a gun, could otherwise easily get to it.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â This week state lawmakers sent two bills to the governor s desk.
The first requires gun shops to provide metal gun locks with every purchase.
Something gun safety advocates fully support. There has to be a device that goes with the gun in case the person receiving it doesn t have it, said Dr. Michael Victoroff, Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition.
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PUEBLO â FBI Special Agent, Laura Schwartzenberger, a Pueblo native, was shot and killed in the line of duty in Florida earlier this year.
Family members say Laura tackled every day with a smile on her face and with a strong passion to help keep others safe. She told me she wanted to be an FBI agent and I thought what a wonderful career that would be for her. Well, that s exactly what she did, said Janice Madrid, Laura s relative.
After Laura s tragic death, Laura s aunt-in-law, Janice Madrid, wanted to honor and memorialize Laura s life in some way.