The Board of Health will create a report outlining the recommendations and provide it to the County Commissioners of both counties…
Category: Education/Health
Enrollment Losses in Cities Prompt Talk of School Closures
Next school year, though, Jefferson will have to trim half a million dollars from her budget…
PHOTO ESSAY: Charter School Students Make ‘Waves’ During School Celebrations
Students earned ‘waves’ for things like cleaning up trash on a class walk, saying please and thank you in line for lunch, completing draft after draft of writing work…
Healthy Archuleta Addresses Nutrition Security
On a weekly basis, the CLLC members identify questions as a result of their participation in these learning sessions…
Science and Engineering Symposium at Pagosa Springs High School Scheduled for May 3
Local high school students will present the results of their air and soil quality research projects in a poster session being judged by CU Boulder students and faculty members…
Healthy Archuleta to Host Community Conversation about Nutrition Policies
Wendy Peters Moschetti, Managing Director at Nourish Colorado will also share about her role representing the interests of health and nutrition…
Why Cheaper Generic Drugs to Treat COVID Never Made It Out of the Lab
“You hate to say that Big Pharma has a lot of influence, but clearly they do,” Boulware said…
As Eating Disorders Spike During Pandemic, Rural Treatment Options Lag
“Even if we create more eating disorder centers, if people can’t afford them, then we are only servicing the most privileged in our society…”
Ignacio 9Health Fair Scheduled for May 7
A blood chemistry screening ($45), along with many other screenings are available…
Colorado Legislators Seek Changes to School Discipline
Several of the bill’s provisions deal with the use of seclusion and restraint, practices that overwhelmingly affect students with disabilities…
Pagosa Peak Open School Hosts ‘Community Heroes’ Dinner
The students considered the local heroes in their lives: the people of Pagosa Springs who support them and their community each day…
Colorado Among First in Nation to Gain Approval for P-EBT Child Care Food Program
This approval will allow Colorado to issue retroactive food benefits to approximately 69,000 additional children who had reduced access to child care meals…
Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems
“There are times, especially with all that’s gone on in the last two years, that equipment comes in and goes out the same day…”
Childbirth Classes Set to Begin April 18; ‘Walk for Moms’ on May 14
This three-class series helps you prepare a birth plan, understand your options, ask questions and get ready for childbirth…
ESSAY: A Perspective on Education, from a GOAL High School Journalism Intern
GOAL currently enrolls over 5,000 students, employs over 500 staff members, and utilizes 37 student drop-in centers to assist around 1,000 graduates per year…
Pagosa Charter School Invites Board Member Applications
Pagosa Peak Open School was started by a small group of local parents dedicated to bringing educational choice to our small mountain community…
Second Booster Shot Now Available Through San Juan Basin Public Health
Community vaccine clinics scheduled through April 30… with the second booster shot available to eligible populations…
Despite Pushback, Colorado Will Enforce K-3 Teacher Training on Reading
Colorado’s 23,000 kindergarten through third grade teachers must take a mandatory training on reading instruction by August…
Too Early to Tell If Colorado Will See New COVID Surge
“I will be closely watching that percent positivity value to see if that continues to go up,” Dr. Rachel Herlihy said…