elbert county
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COVER STORY | Elbert County joins a club no one should: Death of public servants from COVID
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Elbert County has become a microcosm of rural parts of Colorado that have resisted calls for vaccinations and are getting hammered by COVID-19 cases. As COVID-19 raged in Elbert County, Deputy Clay Livingston responded to an emergency call last month. The call would be among his last. Several days later, Livingston died of COVID-19, the virus…
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2 weeks later, this Colorado primary race is still too close to call
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Two weeks after the primary election ended June 26, a race in Elbert County remains too close to officially call. Republicans Rick Pettitt and Anthony Hartsook are separated by one vote for County Commissioner District Two. Pettitt has 2,994 votes as of Tuesday, and Hartsook’s has 2,993, respectively. There are 10,134 active Republicans registered to…
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Rural Elbert County’s suburban growth creating water angst, political woes
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Along Colorado Highway 86 between Franktown in Douglas County and Elizabeth in Elbert County, signs dot the road advertising for new home construction – everything from high-end custom jobs to the more affordable. The signs don’t say that 75 percent of the people who live in Elbert County (population 25,231) are within 5 miles of…
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BARTELS: Elbert County: shopping while voting
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Twin airbed mattresses are on sale for $7.97 at the Wal-Mart in Elizabeth and as an added bonus, Elbert County shoppers can drop off their ballots for Tuesday’s primary election. The local Wal-Mart and the Elbert County clerk have teamed up to make it easier for citizens to vote. So far, no one’s voted…
