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Pueblo business owners frustrated at move to Level Yellow Natalie Chuck and last updated 2021-04-07 20:15:51-04 PUEBLO — Pueblo County is now operating in Level Yellow on the state's COVID-19 dial. However, since the county moved to Level Blue two months ago, the state's restrictions for each level have changed. "It's been a roller coaster," said Lara Craddock, owner of the paint-your-own-pottery studio Fire Playce. "We don't really know where we fit on the scale. We realize that when people come in and paint they're spending a couple of hours with us, so we figured we're probably more ...

and last updated 2021-04-07 18:37:49-04 JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – Some bars will have to close and restaurants and gyms will be required to operate at 50% capacity once again effective Friday, due to an increase of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Jefferson County. “Unfortunately we are slipping in the wrong direction,” said Dr. Dawn Comstock, executive director for Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), in a news release sent to Denver7 Wednesday. The county reported 142.7 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents for the period lasting from March 31-April 6, which exceeds...

The numbers released by the CDPHE on April 7, however, reflect 626 active and 3,787 resolved outbreaks, adding up to to 4,413 — a leap of 127 outbreaks, and more than a 69 percent increase in a week, to the highest weekly total since January 27, as the state was working through the remnants of a holiday surge. Given the overall rise, it's no surprise that several major outbreak categories saw increases this week. Fresh outbreaks at twelve K-12 schools had been included on March 31; fifteen popped up on April 7. Twelve outbreaks at health-care facilities were announced on March 31 and again ...

The backslide on the dial from Level Blue, where the county had operated since Feb. 6, to Level Yellow means additional restrictions for Pueblo, including increased capacity restrictions on businesses. The move to Level Yellow will result in the following restrictions for businesses that have not been certified through the Pueblo City and County 5 Star Variance Program: Restaurants must now reduce capacity to 50% or 150 people, whichever is fewer. Last call will shift from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. Non-critical manufacturers move to 50% capacity or 50 people. Offices will go back to 50% capacity with ...

'Sharp increases' in cases move Pueblo County back to Level Yellow on state's COVID-19 dial Zach Hillstrom, The Pueblo Chieftain © Chieftain Photo/Zachary Allen COVID-19 mobile testing is being conducted at the south side of the Pueblo Mall. The backslide on the dial from Level Blue, where the county had operated since Feb. 6, to Level Yellow means additional restrictions for Pueblo, including increased capacity restrictions on businesses. The move to Level Yellow will result in the following restrictions for businesses that have not been certified through the Pueblo City a...