Those interested in donating will find collection boxes placed in the lobbies of the SJBPH offices and at select SJBPH vaccine clinics…
Category: Education/Health
A Colorado Town, Just About as Vaccinated as Possible, Struggles with COVID
“We kept thinking it was going to end before this summer. Then we were thinking in November. Now we’re like, ‘No, we don’t know when’…”
Fentanyl, Colorado’s Drug of Mass Destruction
Holder regularly drove to Mexico in 2017 and 2018 and picked up tens of thousands of fentanyl pills manufactured to look like oxycodone, according to investigators…
Colorado Medicaid Failed to Provide Oversight of Transportation Services
All of the incidents occurred during the audit period of July 2020 to February 2021 when IntelliRide was the statewide contractor…
Colorado Seeks to Boost Testing in Schools
“The school testing is available free, for private schools, charter schools, public schools,” Polis said during the news briefing…
Schools Struggling with Stress, Short Tempers
Across the district, fights are up 21% this fall from the pre-pandemic fall of 2019, according to statistics shared publicly by Denver Public Schools officials…
Pagosa Educators Invited to Apply for 2021-2022 FACE Grants by October 15
The Foundation for Archuleta County Education (FACE) 2021-2022 granting season is upon us and this year’s grant application information and application link is available here. READ MORE
WALKtober to good health: October is Colorado Pedestrian Month
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need and demand for streets, crosswalks and public spaces that support walking, biking and rolling…
Coloradans Will See Increase in SNAP Benefits, October 1
The resulting cost adjustment marks the first time the purchasing power of the plan has changed since it was first introduced in 1975, reflecting notable shifts in the food marketplace…
PPOS Students Explore ‘The Secret Life of Pollinators’
“Dragonflies are pollinators,” said Tenzin. “They move from flower to flower pollinating along the way…”
Community Testing Sites Remain Open with Widespread COVID-19 Testing Available
The testing sites will remain open with expanded hours and an ample supply of highly accurate, free, and reliable PCR tests…
Community Members Invited to Apply for Open Position on SJBPH Board of Health
San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) is seeking a qualified individual to serve on its Board of Health…
Colorado Community Colleges Suffer a COVID Hit
The pandemic impacted Colorado community college fall enrollment. But not as much as school leaders feared…
Biden Administration Pressuring States to Drop Bans on School Masking Mandates
“Federal law prohibits administering policies in ways that have the effect of excluding students with disabilities…”
Despite Public Health Recommendation, Governor Polis Declines to Mandate Masks in Schools
The new state guidance is not different in substance from July’s guidance, but may give a nudge — or political cover — to districts that have been on the fence…
Pagosa Naturalist Keith Bruno Receives ‘Outstanding Educator’ Award
For five years, Keith Bruno, Audubon Rockies’ community naturalist in southwest Colorado, has been inspiring students to foster an interest in birds and their local environment…
FIRST PERSON: I Got Rid of My Writing Period, and My Students’ Writing Improved
A few years ago, as a kindergarten and first grade teacher, I was in a constant panic over the state of writing in my classroom…
Colorado Offering Gift Cards to Students Who Sign Up for COVID Testing
Polis first floated the idea of paying students to get tested earlier this summer, but it wasn’t clear at the time if the federal government would cover the cost…
Public Invited to PPOS Charter School ‘Kitchen Expansion’ Discussion
A public meeting to explain the application and to welcome comments from the community will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, September 15…