Author: Erin Prater

Millions of dollars for school districts are on the line Thursday as Colorado students show up — virtually, in person or not at all — for “count day,” when schools tally their students for the state’s per-pupil funding. Count day comes on the heels of the state’s issuance of new guidance for schools with potential or confirmed COVID-19…

The rumors were swirling in early February that the Department of Defense had tapped the Colorado Army National Guard’s facility on Fort Carson to potentially quarantine Americans fleeing Huebi province in China, the center of an outbreak of a wild new virus. Globally, more than 30,000 had been infected. The bulk of cases had occurred…

The start of school has been delayed for middle school students in Monument after the school’s principal developed symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Students in Lewis-Palmer District 38 are slated to start classes Wednesday. Middle school students, however, will now start classes Aug. 24, although Principal Seann O’Connor’s COVID-19 test came…

Bars and nightclubs won’t be allowed to operate in Colorado in July, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday, reversing a mid-June decision allowing them to re-open with modifications, and citing the advice of governors in Texas and Arizona, states struggling with a coronavirus resurgence. Polis spoke to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Monday, both…

Gov. Jared Polis signed a variety of bills throughout the Front Range Monday, including two he said will help protect Coloradans from the effects of a toxic foam used in fire fighting. The governor signed the bipartisan bills HB20-1119, State Government Regulation Of Perfluoroalkyl And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), championed by El Paso County lawmakers, and…