With coronavirus tests across the nation taking a week or more to be processed, Colorado presented a solution to speed things up: New partnerships with private labs to ensure people know within a few days if they are infected so that outbreaks can be snuffed out. “A lot of the testing being done with the […]
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Western Colorado wildfires grow in warm weather, drought; Pine Gulch blaze now state’s 5th largest ever
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Fueled by drought conditions, wildfires burning in western Colorado continue to grow in warm, windy weather. The Grizzly Creek Fire east of Glenwood Springs, which has shut down a 57 mile portion of Interstate 70 for four days, had grown to 7.2 square miles by Wednesday night. It’s mostly spreading to the […]
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Parents of Elijah McClain sue Aurora police over his death
AURORA — The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after officers in suburban Denver stopped him on the street last year and put him in a chokehold, sued police and medical officials Tuesday. “We have filed this civil rights lawsuit to demand justice for Elijah McClain, to hold accountable the Aurora […]
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After a small Colorado city paid cyber attackers a ransom, there’s concern about the rest of the state
If Debbie Wilmot could turn back time, the city of Lafayette would have scanned its computer network regularly. It would have hunted down and plugged holes that tempt cyber prowlers. And there would have been more training sessions to keep cybersecurity awareness high among the town’s 200 employees. The town of about 30,000 people is […]
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Former Denver police officer helps track down Colorado prison escapee who shot him decades ago
A man who escaped from a Colorado prison in 1974 was found living under an alias in a small town in northern New Mexico after the Denver police officer he shot decades ago helped track him down, authorities said. Luis Archuleta, 77, also known as Larry Pusateri, was arrested Wednesday in Espanola, New Mexico, where […]
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What one Colorado college learned trying to run safe in-person classes this summer
By Jason Gonzales, Chalkbeat Colorado As a full-time student at New York University this past spring, Sejal Porter saw firsthand just how devastating the coronavirus can be. So she understands why instructors at Arapahoe Community College, where she temporarily enrolled this summer, had to revamp the hands-on training program for her emergency medical technician classes. […]
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The coronavirus downturn has triggered a jump in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S., including Colorado
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Reversing a three-year decline, the number of people covered by Medicaid nationwide rose markedly this spring as the impact of the recession caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 began to take hold. Yet, the growth in participation in the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people was less than […]
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Threats, vandalism, job loss: Colorado’s public health officials are under attack as they respond to coronavirus
Joni Reynolds, the head of Gunnison County’s public health department, entered kind of a routine as the coronavirus crisis descended on Colorado earlier this year: Long hours. Sleepless nights. A police escort home. A wave of threats over her efforts to keep her community safe amid the pandemic made her fear for her safety. There […]
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Homeowner undergoes surgery after bear attack in Aspen
Wildlife officials in Colorado have located and killed a bear believed to have been involved in a home break-in and attack, injuring the homeowner. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said a team with tracking dogs located the bear on the backside of Aspen Mountain before tracking it to a mine shaft and killing it, The Aspen Times […]
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Jeffco Public Schools will allow all students to return to school buildings this fall
Jeffco Public Schools will allow all students, including older students, to go back to in-person learning this fall. The district had already announced that elementary schools would open for students to return to classes five days a week. Because that plan involves grouping students to interact with only a small number of students and staff each day, […]