Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday extended his safer-at-home coronavirus directive until July 1 with some modifications giving more leeway for the state’s older residents. “It may feel like we are getting back to normal, but the virus is still here, and it could surge back the moment we let our guard down,” Polis said […]
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Denver area to begin relaxing coronavirus restrictions on Saturday and align with rest of Colorado
Six metro Denver counties that are still under stay-at-home orders will on Saturday join the rest of Colorado in relaxing their coronavirus restrictions. Health officials from Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield and Jefferson counties, where about half the state’s population lives, announced on Tuesday they will follow Gov. Jared Polis’ less stringent “safer-at-home” guidance starting […]
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From very busy to barely anyone: What Colorado businesses looked like as they reopened after a coronavirus pause
Would it be a bonanza or a bust? As commerce across Colorado reopened its doors on Friday with about half the state’s population entering its “safer-at-home” phase of the coronavirus crisis, the business reboot produced something in between. Barbers resumed cutting hair, an ice cream shop in Vail started serving customers again, a bookstore whose […]
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Colorado governor issues executive order providing details on new “safer-at-home” coronavirus phase
Gov. Jared Polis on Sunday evening issued a six-page executive order outlining Colorado’s new “safer-at-home” phase of the coronavirus crisis as he begins to gradually ease restrictions on people’s movement starting Monday. The directive was issued just hours before his statewide stay-at-home mandate expired Sunday at midnight. “Together, Coloradans have been effective in leveling and […]