Approximately 36% of Colorado adults are currently living in households that are not current on their rent or mortgage payments…
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OPINION: A Prescription for US Health Care
The racial and ethnic disparities exposed by COVID-19 have energized the health sector and policymakers to address health equity…
OPINION: Burning And Learning? Wild Horses Reduce Frequency and Intensity of Wildfire
People in Australia are learning from the latest US research and empirical results on wildfires and reducing both the frequency and intensity of wildfire…
VIDEO: Snow Conditions Lead to Unusual Avalanche Danger in Colorado
Slope angle matters! Crossing under even small steep slopes, like road cuts or gully walls, could be dangerous…
Welcoming Pagosa Students Back for the New Year
Given the recommendations by the Colorado Department of Education and Colorado Department of Public Health, students in grades K-8 can return to in-person learning…
War Trauma Comes Full Circle for Millete Birhanemaskel
“We talked for only a minute. She was terrified. The only thing she would say is ‘I’m in hiding, we’re rationing water, and where’s my daughter, you’ve got to find my daughter’…”
Colorado Adds ‘Age 70 and Up’ to Next Phase of Vaccine Distribution
The Governor also sent out a request to the state’s public health agencies, to move all of the Colorado counties currently in “Level Red”, back to “Level Orange”…
Looking Across ‘County Line Road’ During the Pandemic
The following article by Rae Ellen Bichell first appeared on Kaiser Health News (KHN) on December 29, 2020. Whenever Larry Kelderman looks up from the car he’s fixing and peers across the street, he’s looking across a border. His town of 28,000 straddles two counties, separated by County Line Road. Kelderman’s auto repair business is READ MORE
OPINION: There are Better Ways to Respond to the Corona Crisis
Civil debate and open discussions need to happen, so that we can come up with solutions from broader understanding and a more informed place…
Colorado Positioned to Allocate $67 Million for Pandemic Relief, Veterans, Housing
Earlier this month, the Colorado legislature passed and Governor Jared Polis signed SB20B-002, which allocated $54 million for pandemic housing assistance programs…
SOLD OUT: Wolf Creek Ski Area Sees 29 Fresh Inches
LIFT TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 30 AT WOLF CREEK SKI AREA. Please do not come without Pre-Purchased Lift Tickets…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic, Part Two
“None of us know when we’re going to experience a mental health crisis, and when we do, many of us don’t know how few and poor the resources are to weather it…”
Evidence of New COVID Strain Shows Up in Colorado
The variant is believed to be as much as 70% more contagious, but not have more severe in symptoms, than previous strains of the novel coronavirus…
LETTER: Teaching the Stigma Around Mental Health Struggles
May I supply a missing word: “in a state where teaching a stigma around mental health struggles runs high”…
LETTER: This is Not the End
With the hope afforded us by the COVID-19 vaccines that are becoming available, perhaps a quote ascribed to Winston S. Churchill is appropriate…
ON EDGE: Colorado’s Shadow Epidemic, Part One
Betty Torres, 38, of Denver, walks at Garfield Lake Park in Denver in November. Torres was diagnosed and hospitalized with COVID-19 back in March, and has mostly recovered, but lost her grandfather to the virus…
Delays on Wolf Creek Pass This Morning
CDOT will perform winter maintenance operations on US 160 Wolf Creek Pass this morning, Tuesday December 29, beginning at 6am…
Five Questions Facing Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary
“I know just how challenging this year has been for students, for educators, and for parents,” Miguel Cardona said Wednesday in his first public comments…
Colorado Lawmakers Promise ‘Lower Enrollment’ Won’t Hurt School Funding
Republicans introduced a similar measure during the recent special session. Democrats rejected it as outside the narrow purview of the special session…