Author: JAKOB RODGERS
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Medical experts: ‘Stay-at-home’ order helped Colorado avoid catastrophe
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During Colorado’s monthlong statewide quarantine, the coronavirus’ spread slowed, deaths climbed, ventilators went unused and unemployment exploded. Which is to say, it went mostly as expected. As life in Colorado begins inching back toward normalcy, executives of the state’s major hospitals and some El Paso County business leaders are in broad agreement that the unprecedented…
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High levels of toxic chemicals found in water at Air Force Academy, officials say
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Groundwater at the Air Force Academy is contaminated with the same toxic chemicals polluting a southern El Paso County aquifer, expanding a problem that has cost tens of millions of dollars to address in the Pikes Peak region. Plans are underway to begin testing drinking water wells south of the academy in the Woodmen Valley…
