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Which counties are likeliest to ditch regulations the fastest? In some of the state's most politically conservative counties, leaders and residents alike have decried restrictions since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago. And despite this state being solidly in the blue in statewide and national elections, there are a lot of conservative counties. In 2020, 37 of Colorado's 64 counties voted for Donald Trump, who consistently downplayed the seriousness of the virus and pushed aggressively to reopen the economy and society in general, often against the advice of his own health offic...

On April 8, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment added key data to its barrage of information about the battle against COVID-19. The CDPHE's vaccine dashboard now reveals the counties that have vaccinated the highest percentage of their eligible population — and the statistics contain plenty of surprises. At this point, counties with smaller populations occupy both the upper and lower portions of the chart. The top performer is Mineral County, which numbered just 824 residents in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; it has a 49.2 percent vaccination rate. Meanwhile...

Bayfield High School cheer team places second at state championship Durango, Colorado Currently Tue 3% chance of precipitation 6% chance of precipitation 10% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation Squad ranks high despite shortened season By Shannon Mullane Durango and Pine River Valley reporter Wednesday, March 31, 2021 2:38 PM Updated: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 8:02 PM Bayfield High School cheer team places second at state championship The Bayfield High School cheer team placed second at state championships March 2...

To get to the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site near Eads, where 230 Native Americans were murdered, you might drive through a town named for their murderer. In between Eads and the turnoff, you’ll go through the unincorporated town of Chivington. It’s named for Civil War-era Col. John Chivington, who led the attack by the 1st and 3rd Colorado cavalries on Arapaho and Cheyenne living at Sand Creek that resulted in the slaughter. Half of those killed were women and children. While Chivington may be an extreme case, dozens of sites around Colorado have taken on names that are now g...

Of the national chains with the most outbreaks of COVID-19 in Colorado, some seem to be doing a better job of keeping the virus at bay. But the number of outbreaks at others continues to grow, and so does the size of the outbreaks. Just two chain outbreaks have spawned more than 100 cases each, while many others have infected dozens of staffers. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or...