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The death of a Mitchell High School student has sparked outreach and community outreach to try and stem the tide of the opiod pandemic.

Jenna Bruce, 32, hugs her daughter, Jade, 3, while her husband, Jordan Bruce sit on the couch with them Friday, March 12, 2021, at the Colorado Springs home. Jenna became sick with COVID-19 in March 2020 and still is suffering from the effects of the virus. Jordan was sick for a couple days, but never bedridden. The couple worried about who would take care of their daughter if they were both as sick as Jenna. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) Christian Murdock/The Gazette

Ty Godwin poses for a self portrait. He's had COVID-19 symptoms for a year. Ty Godwin has felt like he has COVID-19, shortness of breath, malaise, fevers, headaches and fatigue — for the last year. He’s a long hauler, part of a growing number of people who experience what’s known as long COVID or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. “I was a marathon runner and a triathlete before this,” he said. “I've had nights where I wake up out of breath.”  In January, he took a medical leave of absence from work to try to get better. In March, he’ll travel to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn...

Special to the Daily After catching the coronavirus last March, Dana Gosnell figured she’d be feeling better by now, not worse. Instead, she said she finds herself still facing a confusing and scary array of symptoms. Gosnell, who lives in Vail, said she was in bed for about 10 days with her initial COVID-19 infection. She had headaches and body aches and “felt crappy,” but started to recover. That changed in early June, when a host of strange symptoms and health problems surfaced and have persisted to this day. Gosnell, hoping to help others by sharing her story, said she has had diffi...

People reported fatigue, insomnia, memory loss, shortness of breath and more, the county epidemiologist said. Author: Noel Brennan Updated: 6:41 PM MST January 12, 2021 PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — Before Pitkin County's board of health voted Monday to close indoor dining and move the county to Level Red status on the state's COVID-19 dial, health leaders let data do the talking. “Fifty percent of people in Pitkin County who have tested positive continue to have these long-term, ongoing, lingering effects of [COVID-19]," said Jordana Sabella with Pitkin County Pu...