Author: JESSICA SNOUWAERT The Gazette
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Colorado ready to launch COVID-19 contact tracing app
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Colorado is preparing to launch a contact tracing app to aid the state in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and chances are iPhone users have already seen the preliminary steps of the app in motion. iPhones were eligible for the iOS 13.7 software update on Sept. 1, which gave users the option to be…
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1 million masks given to Colorado teachers
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The state provided public and private schools across Colorado with more than 1 million medical-grade face masks, officials said Thursday. Schools throughout the state have opened, with a variety of methods employed from in-person and hybrid classes to remote and online learning. But no matter what blend of teaching schools opted into, districts received a…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis extends state fire ban
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Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide fire ban and the use of Colorado National Guard to help firefighting operations in Colorado, according to a state news release Thursday. The fire ban, which was instituted Aug. 18 will continue for another 30 days as wildfires burn around the state and severe drought conditions persist. The fire…
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Heavy snow soaks Cameron Peak fire, helps 1,000+ firefighters
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Up to 14 inches of heavy, wet snow carpeted sections of the Cameron Peak fire on Wednesday, stalling the growth of the state’s fifth-largest fire. The late-summer storm delivered a window of opportunity for crews battling the blaze west of Fort Collins, which as of Wednesday night remains at 102,596 acres, the Rocky Mountain Incident Management…
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Colorado wildfires: Pine Gulch fire now second largest in state history; first containment of Grizzly Creek fire
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The Pine Gulch fire north of Grand Junction nearly doubled in size overnight for a second time, growing by almost 40,000 acres to become the second largest wildfire in state history. The lightning-caused fire started July 31 and was at 125,252 acres Wednesday morning, according to the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center. Its explosive growth…
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Hanging Lake spared the worst after major blowup of Glenwood Canyon fire
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Hanging Lake, a treasured national landmark in Glenwood Canyon, appears to have been spared after a major blowup of the Grizzly Creek fire late Thursday, the U.S. Forest Service said. Early Friday, firefighters had not been able to determine the extent of the damage on the ground because of flames and smoke from the fire,…
