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  The total number of COVID-19 cases in Summit County since the beginning of the pandemic hit the 3,000 mark Friday, Feb. 26, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage . The total number of cases is now at 3,000, which is up 71 from last week. The county also reported two additional hospitalizations due to the virus, moving the number of hospitalizations among residents since March 5 to 128. The county also moved into level yellow on the state’s COVID-19 dial on Friday. As of Friday, all three metrics remained within level yellow or lower on the state’s new dial. The county’s inc...

The latest weekly report about COVID-19 outbreaks from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment suggests that people associated with nearly a third of the new entries are experiencing an unpleasant sense of déjà vu: Two dozen just-identified sites have had previous outbreaks. The CDPHE 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 more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired ...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Dixie Brands And Other Pot Cos. Settle Group TCPA Suit Law360 (January 8, 2021, 7:04 PM EST) -- A group of cannabis companies targeted in a single Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit has settled with the customers who say they received unsolicited texts, marking another settlement in a type of case that has recently flooded the cannabis industry. The suit — which was filed against multistate operators Dixie Brands and Starbuds, as well as Colorado cannabis retailers Native Roots, Euflora and Mile High Green Cross — purports that the companies used a third p...

Design Escapism: Getting High on Marijuana Packaging The days of buying a Ziploc baggy of grass from a friend of a friend may be numbered as legalization and Big Marijuana™ sweep the nation. What does that mean for designers and creatives? A whole new world of packaging challenges to take on. From concepts that aim to end the stigma of marijuana, to child-proof containers that keep your wee ones away from the weed within, the design industry has a lot of opportunities as this multimillion-dollar industry continues to boom. How have things taken shape? Check out a handful of marijuana packa...

5280 The Push to Diversify Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Changes to licensing in Denver, slated for early 2021, could help make the marijuana business more accessible to entrepreneurs of color.Kelly Bastone •   Like many women in male-dominated industries, Wanda James is a serial overachiever. She purged the word “can’t” from her vocabulary during military service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy. Subsequent stints in the corporate world, the restaurant industry, and the political sphere imbued her with savvy. All of that proved invaluable when James decided to enter the...