Author: ERIN PRATER

The state’s emergency operations center has spent approximately $70 million on its coronavirus response so far, officials said Tuesday. The figure was given at a phone-in press availability intended to update Coloradans on the state’s virus response. Such virtual press conferences are usually held semiweekly but will now shift to weekly, officials said. The state…

As the Air Force Academy’s class of 2020 graduates Saturday, hearts will be heavy and light – heavy due to a month of coronavirus-induced lockdown, the first since 9/11, and the deaths of two fellow seniors, light because they’ve made it through four rigorous, and sometimes grueling, years. The Gazette spoke to three of the class’s…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will address the state this evening in a televised “Oval Office-style” address about the coronavirus pandemic. The address, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., is expected to last 15 to 20 minutes. On Friday, Polis announced Coloradans should wear non-medical face masks when outside their homes. Before Friday, only those who…

Nearly 500 Fort Carson residents are in quarantine and eight in isolation, officials said Wednesday ahead of the Thursday opening of an on-post coronavirus testing center. Forty-two individuals have been tested on post, and the five results returned so far have been negative, Col. Eric Edwards, commander of Evans Army Community Hospital, said Wednesday afternoon.…

The Colorado Army National Guard facility on Fort Carson that’s been tapped to potentially house coronavirus evacuees will likely end up not being needed, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner told The Gazette on Friday. “That could change, but they (Fort Carson officials) feel they are a very low-potential site at this point,” said Gardner, who visited…