More than 1,500 COVID-19 second-dose vaccine appointments scheduled for Friday in Garfield County have been canceled and will be rescheduled, due to shipment delays caused by winter storms across the country.
The delay means about 1,000 people previously scheduled to receive their second dose booster shot at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, and another 400 at Grand River Health in Rifle, will see their appointments delayed until next week.
Valley View appointments are being rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24, and Grand River and Mountain Family Health Center appointments are being rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 25.
“Valley View apologizes to those affected by this change, but these are circumstances outside of the organization’s control,” Valley View Hospital Community Relations Officer Stacey Gavrell said in a Thursday morning news release explaining the situation.
Michael Latousek (left) survived not one but two heart attacks just 12 days apart and was the centerpiece of an award s ceremony organized by Roaring Fork Fire Rescue on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in El Jebel. Fire Chief Scott Thompson reads an award for a lifesaver. Photo by Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times.
Basalt resident Michael Latousek considered himself a lucky man then December hit and left no doubt.
Latousek, 53, survived not one but two heart attacks just 12 days apart. He did it with a little help from his friends, his daughters and first responders.
Many of the people who played critical roles by acting fast and providing aid gathered Friday afternoon at an awards ceremony organized by Roaring Fork Fire Rescue.
Valley View ER doc counters claims regarding mask use to combat disease spread
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario speaks Saturday in front of the sheriff’s office in Glenwood Springs. Ray K. Erku / Post Independent
Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario addressed what he considers to be growing threats to First Amendment rights during what was billed as a non-partisan rally Saturday in Glenwood Springs featuring staunch conservative keynote speakers.
“I’m very concerned right now that our free-speech rights and how they are rapidly being canceled and shut down and shut off,” he said before the gathering of a little more than 100 people, many of whom were maskless. “Some of the social media platforms are deciding what messages they want to get out and not.”
Photo courtesy Eagle County Historical Society and Eagle Valley Library District
5 years ago
Week of Feb. 4, 2016
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper identified the Eagle to Horn Ranch segment of the Eagle Valley Trail as one of the 16 for 2016 priority projects for Great Outdoors Colorado funding.
The town of Eagle planned to present voters with a sale tax question to generate funding for its proposed river park project.
Eagle Town Councilmember Anne McKibbin was the only candidate for mayor in the upcoming municipal election.
10 years ago
Week of Feb. 3, 2011
Organizers of “The Show,” a national youth baseball tournament, announced plans to bring their event to Eagle County.
Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s First Term Of Impressive Service To Ghana
By Lydia Kuukua Asamoah
Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo
Mrs. Rebecca NaaOkaikorAkufo-Addohas retained the First Lady title once again on the backdrop of the New Patriotic Party s victory in the December 7 elections, and the beautiful investiture of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, her husband, as the Fifth President of the Fourth Republic.
The 69-year-old First Lady relentlessly stood by her husband, through thick and thin, till he ascended the highest seat of governance in 2017, for the first term, and in 2021 for the second term. Her contributions to the general well-being of humanity, particularly women and children, cannot go unnoticed.