Citing the one-year anniversary of the emergency COVID-19 lockdown orders by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, the Teller County Board of County Commissioners have asked to be relieved of state mandates. “We are in recovery, not in an emergency,” said Commission Vice Chairman Dan Williams, via email, after a special meeting that was called last week to pass the resolution. “After a year, we are now seeing real impact from the continued restrictions, such as a 100% increase in our suicide rate and a dramatic rise in domestic violence and child abuse. This resolution is a strong statement of our intent to state government that it is time to return to normalcy. We need to restore our government and put control where it belongs ... at the local level ... we got this.”