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Throughout the pandemic, the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment has been handing out citations to local businesses violating COVID-19 guidelines. Since our last update, on January 20, the agency has remained busy, ticketing and/or shutting down 65 enterprises, for a total of eighty enforcement actions so far in 2021. The most recent citation, against E3 Fitness, a gym on South Broadway, was filed on April 15, the day before the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's dial dashboard, which dictated safety protocols for counties across the state, went from com...

Since the dial's April 16 transition, the information it provides has been tweaked. One map differentiates the forty counties with no local COVID-19 public health ordinances in place from the 24 that have created their own framework — typically a modified approach to the dial. (Denver is in the latter group.) A second page continues to track the cumulative two-week COVID incidence rate, and while its key lists the parameters for the Level Green (fewer than 25 cases per 100,000 people), Level Blue (25-75 cases), Level Yellow (75-175 cases) and Level Orange (175-300 cases), Level Red has been...

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...

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...

Colorado mountain towns rebound – and then some – from coronavirus Durango, Colorado Currently Sat 0% chance of precipitation 18% chance of precipitation 0% chance of precipitation Despite grim projections, many communities saw waves of in-state visitors Saturday, April 10, 2021 9:49 AM Updated 5 hours 12 minutes ago Derailed Pour House, Fired Up Pizza, Switchback Taco Bar and Durango Rug Co. are just a few of the businesses in downtown Durango that have set up bump-outs in 2020 on Main Avenue. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file Col...