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Denver mayor issues stay-at-home order

A day after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said a mandate that people stay in their homes to prevent spread of the new coronavirus was unenforceable, the mayor of the state’s largest city issued an...

DATE: March 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado announces seventh coronavirus death as patient numbers balloon

A seventh person in Colorado has died from the new coronavirus as the number of people infected with the disease in the state has ballooned to nearly 600. The death announced Sunday is the fifth...

DATE: March 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

Polis asks people to stay home; orders in-person workforce cuts

Gov. Jared Polis on Sunday implored — but did not go so far as to require — Coloradans to go out in public only if absolutely necessary as he tries to stem the spread of the new coronavirus and...

DATE: March 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis asks landlords to forgo evictions, penalties for late rent

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday asked property owners to be lenient toward their Colorado tenants as thousands in the state deal with employment as a result of the new coronavirus. The Democrat...

DATE: March 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Telluride couple paying for their entire county’s coronavirus tests

San Miguel County in Southwest Colorado had only one confirmed case of the new coronavirus as of Thursday night. But already it has sent a handful of people with severe respiratory ailments to...

DATE: March 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

Governor extends closure of Colorado ski areas, orders schools closed

Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday took more sweeping actions to try and slow the spread of the new coronavirus in Colorado, ordering the state’s ski areas to stay closed until at least April 6,...

DATE: March 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Background check requests for gun sales in Colorado double in past week

Toilet paper. Hand sanitizer. Canned soup. And guns. Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check numbers between March 10 and Monday indicate firearms are flying off the shelves the same way...

DATE: March 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Critical COVID-19 Coverage

Colorado governor closes restaurants, bars to in-person dining

Gov. Jared Polis on Monday afternoon ordered the closure of all Colorado restaurants and bars to in-person dining in a dramatic effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus as it rapidly...

DATE: March 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coronavirus is running rampant in Colorado’s mountains

People who live in or recently visited four Colorado mountain counties should “minimize their contact with other people” because the new coronavirus is spreading so rampantly in those areas, state...

DATE: March 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado announces its first death from the coronavirus

Colorado on Friday announced its first death from the new coronavirus , about a week after the state’s first case was confirmed and as the outbreak has quickly spread from Aspen to Colorado Springs...

DATE: March 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Governor urges cancellation of large gatherings as tests show coronavirus in Colorado

Gov. Jared Polis said Friday he is urging the cancellation of large public gatherings in Colorado as an increase in testing for the new coronavirus shows there has been community spread of the...

DATE: March 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado Capitol shutdown imminent as lawmakers prepare legislation

In the clearest sign yet that the Colorado legislature is nearing a temporary shutdown in response to the new coronavirus, top lawmakers on Thursday rushed toward votes on legislation they say must...

DATE: March 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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