Every person who signs up and attends a two-day, 10-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training will earn their OSHA card…
Category: Education/Health
TROOPER TIPS: Buckle Up the Little Ones
When your child is less than 1 year old and less than 20 pounds, they should be in a rear-facing seat in the back seat only…
SJBPH Updates Local Public Health Advisory, Calls for Statewide Mask Order
“The entire state of Colorado has been formally declared a high-risk, high-transmission area, therefore SJBPH calls on the State of Colorado to enact a statewide mask order…”
Program Will Connect Youth to Free Counseling Sessions
“We recognize that the pandemic has amplified the need for mental health services, particularly for young people,” said Primavera…
EDITORIAL: Public Health Officials Reporting COVID Pressure on ICU Units
“Liane, this is scary. Now, what is the plan to move forward through all this and make sure that every Coloradan receives quality care?”
Colorado Activates ‘Crisis Standards of Care’ in Response to Hospitalizations
As of Tuesday evening, there were over 1,400 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state, with 79% being unvaccinated, according to CDPHE data…
PHOTO ESSAY: Pagosa Peak Open School Explores the Hershey Ranch
“We went on a bug hunt and found a huge black and orange butterfly,” Quinn, 9, said about her small group work…
Staffing Shortage Continues to Plague Aspen School District
The Aspen School District has gone as far as offering staff a $3,000 referral bonus, but so far no one has participated…
Colorado Asks for FEMA Help to Staff Hospitals, Halts Elective Surgeries
“It feels like a lot of people in Colorado are ready to be done with this… They want to behave as if everything is normal, but unfortunately things are not normal…”
SJBPH to Host Public Health Resource Series in Archuleta County
“This series will allow residents to meet with the public health workers serving their community, to ask questions and find out more about the programs available…”
‘WINGS’… A Place Where Little Ones Can Learn to Soar
Our educational program is nature based, and our mission is to encourage kids to explore, experiment and discover themselves and the world through interacting with nature…
Colorado Launches ‘I Matter’ Mental Health Program for Youth
Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the proportion of mental health–related emergency room visits among children increased by 31% in 2020…
How Billing Turns a Routine Birth Into a High-Cost Emergency
The total bill was huge, but what really made Wells Salerno’s eyes pop was a line for the highest level of emergency services. It didn’t make any sense…
Amid Colorado Teacher Shortage, Program Offers an Alternative Path
Lee is one of 19 teachers in Northwest Colorado this fall who didn’t go to school for education but are using their degrees to step into the classroom…
Pagosa Peak Open School Presents ‘Pollinators’ to Garden Club
“Bats?” murmured one audience member while listening to Pagosa Peak Open School’s presentation about pollination given to the Mountain High Garden Club…
Fresh Faces, Fewer Tools: Meet the New Bosses Fighting COVID
At least 26 states have passed laws or regulations limiting the powers of public health officers this year, meaning these replacements have fewer tools and less authority…
CDHS Receives $1 Million Grant for Child Support Services
“The two-gen approach encourages CDHS programs to serve children and their caregivers together, to harness the family’s full potential…”
SJBPH Will Begin Administering Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Booster Doses Starting Today, Oct. 22
The FDA and CDC now approve eligible individuals to “mix and match” and get a different vaccine type for their booster than the vaccine they originally received…
Significant Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections Detected in La Plata County
In SJBPH’s jurisdiction, cases of syphilis were four times higher in 2020 than in 2019, with the trend continuing to increase in 2021…