Author: O’Dell Isaac

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment confirmed a fifth case of the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 and will include variant case totals in the case summary on its COVID-19 data dashboard, according to a news release. Scientists believe the mutant strain is more contagious than the SARS-CoV-2 variant more commonly seen in the…

Eight of Colorado’s most exceptional leaders of 2020 have been awarded Governor’s Citizenship Medals, state officials announced Tuesday. The leadership development group CiviCO teamed up with Gov. Jared Polis to honor seven individuals and one organization for providing much-needed leadership in an unprecedented year that included a global pandemic and widespread civic unrest. “These eight…

A multiple Olympic medal-winning swimmer and Colorado Springs real estate agent was part of a pro-Trump riot that forced its way into the Capitol building last Wednesday, according to reports from the New York Times and the Washington Post. The swimming website SwimSwam reported Monday that Klete Keller was captured on a video posted by…

The state’s public health department placed five more counties under red-level coronavirus restrictions Thursday, but El Paso County was not added to the list. Alamosa, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, and Weld counties were moved to Level Red on the state’s COVID-19 dial, which indicated that the counties are in the severe-risk category for the disease. The…

COVID-19 is changing the way people spend their holidays, but it won’t stop North American Aerospace Defense Command from tracking Santa’s sleigh ride around the world to deliver toys to good girls and boys. The aerospace command is preparing for the 65th year of its annual tradition of live-tracking Saint Nick’s Christmas Eve journey, but…