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Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
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Richard Gillham, a resident of Peetz in northern Logan County, was a farmer all his life. Rim Ranch, which his family owns, is one of Colorado’s Centennial farms, a designation awarded to farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years. He loved his wife of 48 years, Nita, and adored…
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Legislative panel rejects request for audit of state health agency’s COVID-19 testing contracts
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An audit request from Sen. Rob Woodward, R-Loveland, for two contracts between the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and two labs handling COVID-19 testing was turned down on a 4-4 tie by the Legislative Audit Committee. The committee is half Democrat, half Republican, hence the potential for a tie vote. The panel killed the…
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Boulder County announces omicron case; patient has recent travel to South Africa
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Boulder County identified its first case of the omicron variant Friday, county officials said, 24 hours after Colorado confirmed its first case. The Boulder County man had recently traveled to South Africa, the county’s public health department said. The patient tested positive for COVID-19, and given their recent travel history, their sample was flagged for…
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Free COVID-19 community testing site to open in Westminster
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is opening another free COVID-19 community testing site Tuesday in Westminster. The testing site, at 10685 Westminster Blvd., will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. It will be operated in partnership with CDPHE, the city of Westminster and Mako Medical. Walk-ins are available at…
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Free COVID-19 testing site opens for Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas counties
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A new free COVID-19 community testing site opened in Bennett on Tuesday, open to all Coloradans but targeted to Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. The testing site, located at the Bennett Community Center on East Colfax Avenue, will be open every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday after Thanksgiving from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. What happens…
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Colorado chief medical officer Wolk resigning to go to California
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Dr. Larry Wolk, the sometimes-controversial head of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is leaving his post at the end of August and headed to California, according to an announcement Friday from Gov. John Hickenlooper. Wolk was appointed as the state’s chief medical officer in September 2013. In announcing Wolk’s departure, Hickenlooper said “Larry’s leadership…
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Colo.’s draft rules on cannabis inhalers, suppositories draw lively debate
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Colorado’s first step toward regulating some of the newest ways to ingest marijuana and cannabis got off to a lively start Monday when a working group of state regulators, industry professionals and community activists met in Golden to debate just how that would work. The group included regulators from the Colorado Department of Public Health…
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Silver mine, and 152 jobs in Ouray, waiting on resolution with state agency
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A dispute between mine owner in Ouray hoping to restart a silver mine and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is now being reviewed by a legislative water committee. Ouray Silver Mines wants to reopen a mine that produces silver, gold, lead and copper and would bring 152 jobs to Ouray County,…
