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JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley shuts down so workers can get COVID-19 vaccine shots
Workers at the plant where six employees and a corporate manager died from the coronavirus will receive 4 hours of pay plus a $100 bonus for getting the vaccine.
Colorado could soon be required to help every person leaving prison get a photo ID
A photo ID is needed to access basic services and government benefits, get a job or open a bank account. But currently, not every Colorado prisoner gets help obtaining one.
Custer County drops all of its coronavirus-related restrictions
Commissioners in the rural Colorado county cited major declines in coronavirus cases and progress in vaccinations
Rural Americans in pharmacy deserts hurting for COVID vaccines
111 rural counties, mostly between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, have no pharmacy that can give the vaccines. But counties in Colorado pharmacy deserts still are getting vaccines to residents.
The behind-the-scenes story of being Gov. Jared Polis during Colorado’s coronavirus crisis
“Who would think losing 6,000 people could ever be a win instead of 8,000? It’s just horrific every day,” the Democrat said.
Coalition demands fence line monitors, tougher caps at Suncor to protect Colorado communities
Activists and legislators from Denver and Pueblo want the state to put teeth into environmental justice for communities of color.
When coronavirus attacked Colorado’s health, it changed the state’s health system forever
From telehealth and city dweller respite care in Hugo, to an explosion in Medicaid clients and a speedy overhaul of medicine itself, the pandemic is a game-changer
Colorado nursing homes with the most coronavirus deaths were cited for poor infection control
A Colorado Sun investigation found that many of the nursing homes with the highest death counts were told multiple times to clean up hygiene protocols intended to protect residents.
Nonprofit launches $1 million TV ad buy against Colorado Democrats’ public health insurance option proposal
Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, whose members include hospitals and private insurance companies, spent nearly $5 million in 2020 to attack a similar measure abandoned after coronavirus struck
Colorado lawmakers advance bill broadening doxing protections for public health workers
Under current law, doxing or revealing personal information which poses an imminent or serious threat to law enforcement, human service workers or their families is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The proposed bill would add employees and contractors of the state, county or district public health agencies to the existing law.
Colorado set to begin receiving roughly twice as many coronavirus vaccine doses starting in April
Gov. Jared Polis said he’s “confident that summer will be very close to normal”
Workers at Greeley meatpacking plant where 500 were sickened by coronavirus will be vaccinated
The major meatpacking companies — JBS, Cargill, Tyson Foods and Smithfield Foods — say a number of states plan to begin vaccinating meat plant workers this week, including in Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, North Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky and Michigan.
Colorado’s “last responders” are exhausted after a year of coronavirus goodbyes
The unprecedented loss is taking a toll even on the medical providers best trained to handle it
For Coloradans who handle the dead, no rest and far less solace under cruel coronavirus rules
Even the peaceful keepers of Mount Olivet Cemetery felt overrun and overwhelmed by the way coronavirus forced them to carry out their sacred mission.
Colorado changes vaccine plan again, moving down most essential workers to bump up older, sicker people
Gov. Jared Polis is prioritizing Coloradans between the ages of 60 and 64 and people with two or more high-risk conditions when a new distribution phase begins next week. Grocery store and agricultural workers will also get priority.
Colorado families ask for statewide school cannabis access
Many parents grew emotional at a Senate Education Committee hearing as they explained the difficulties their children face trying to take their medicinal cannabis doses while in school
Suncor refinery neighbors can get warnings and details on chemical leaks sent to phones
The embattled oil and gas industrial site pledges to tell Commerce City, Globeville-Elyria-Swansea and others when new incidents occur through texts and phone alerts
Coronavirus has stolen some kids’ sense of smell, and it stinks
A new Children’s Hospital Colorado clinic will ask children and teens to smell four essential oils twice per day for three months. But can a 5-year-old identify eucalyptus?
Ambitious plan for cap-and-trade greenhouse gas cuts rejected by Colorado Air Quality Control Commission
Environmental Defense Fund and allies want tougher, faster cuts to climate change pollutants, but commissioners and Gov. Jared Polis says the plan is too complex and current rules should get time to work.
Woodland Park mayor dies weeks after contracting COVID-19
Val Carr, who was less than a year into his mayoral term, had been battling the virus for about two months