The deaths of at least 32 residents of nursing homes and senior living centers in Colorado have been linked to the new coronavirus, including six fatalities at one Greeley facility and four at one in Littleton, The Colorado Sun has learned. That is nearly one-third of all coronavirus-related deaths in Colorado, where at least 112 […]
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Colorado announces its seventh coronavirus death as patient numbers balloon
A seventh person in Colorado has died from the new coronavirus as the number of people infected with the disease in the state has ballooned to nearly 600. The death announced Sunday is the fifth fatality in four days. Weld County public health officials announced on Sunday that a woman in her 70s died from […]
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Second Colorado coronavirus death announced; disease confirmed in Larimer County long-term care facility
Colorado public health officials on Tuesday announced the state’s second death from the new coronavirus. A Weld County man in his 70s died. His infection with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has been linked to a confirmed case of the virus that was previously announced, though officials did not elaborate. Further details about […]
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Colorado wants to ensure coronavirus won’t affect low-income, minority communities disproportionately
Pandemics come for us all in equal measure, right? Aren’t we all equally vulnerable? Not exactly. As the first cases of coronavirus arrive in the state, Colorado health and social services officials say they are striving to make sure lower-income residents and people of color are not disproportionately impacted by the illness and potential economic […]
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A Snapchat video of a 13-year-old boy’s suicide roiled a Colorado town — and left police chasing social media ghosts
DACONO — On a May night just after the end of the school year, 13-year-old Von Mercado opened a Snapchat video call and set his cellphone on the ground in his backyard. Then he climbed a ladder next to a tree and stepped off. The girl he had a crush on, the one who had […]
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Parked: Residents of Greeley-area mobile home park feel abandoned
GREELEY— Steve Spencer has lived in the Hill-N-Park subdivision in unincorporated Weld County on and off since he was 16. At 42, Spencer is thinking about moving his family after issues in the subdivision have become too much. Imagined as a master-planned community south of the city limits of Greeley and adjacent to Evans, the […]
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Colorado is quickly becoming a patchwork of oil and gas rules after a major law change
When county commissioners met this summer to ponder local control of oil and gas operations in Boulder County, residents came with signs proclaiming “I am over O&G’s $ influence.” In Weld County there were “Recall Jared Polis” T-shirts — a sartorial critique of the governor who signed the new oil and gas legislation. The audience […]
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9-member Democratic vacancy committee in Weld County picks replacement for former Rep. Rochelle Galindo
A nine-member Democratic vacancy committee in Weld County on Sunday selected Mary Young to replace former Rep. Rochelle Galindo following Galindo’s resignation from her seat last month. Young is a first-time public official who works as a school psychologist and was previously a special education teacher. Her husband is Colorado Treasurer Dave Young, a Democrat […]