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COVID-19

Staff at the Summit Community Care Clinic at Summit High School, which has seen a 75% reduction in patients since the outbreak of the coronavirus. (Photo courtesy of Jenna Worthen)

School-based health centers, some kids’ only health care for miles, see steep drop in...

Cristi Wilson has relied on a school-based health center in Montrose, Colorado, through years of sinus and ear infections, sore throats and routine check-ups...
In the superintendents’ call Tuesday and again at Wednesday’s press conference, Polis said one-on-one and small-group instruction is allowed, provided the local public health department agrees it is safe to do so.

Amid extended school closure, Colorado to allow small-group instruction in some districts

Some Colorado districts are planning to have staff and students return to the classroom in the coming weeks for small-group instruction, even as the...
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Guest Post: The Trump administration is failing Latinx communities Latinx people have been disproportionately...

Early last month, I had my first coronavirus scare. I attended an event along with a pastor I had known for years. Less than...

As COVID-19 spreads in Colorado prison, the phone lines go silent The lockdown measures...

Update: This story was published on April 24 at 9:30 a.m. On Friday afternoon, DOC said it tested 473 inmates at Sterling on Wednesday...
Gov. Jared Polis shows off his new face mask on April 3, 2020. He is encouraging Coloradans to wear masks when out going grocery shopping or on other essential business. (Screenshot from @jaredpolis)

Littwin: The question for Polis and for all Coloradans – How much risk is...

Since I have been boldly predicting that Jared Polis would find it impossible to begin to reopen the Colorado economy this month, I must...
Both Rio Blanco County school districts have shifted to distance learning for students from kindergarten through high school.

Teaching through technology Rural teachers share challenges and triumphs of distance learning

Rio Blanco County — Our schoolteachers have been assigned a Herculean task: learn an entirely new way of connecting with and teaching their students,...
A survey indicates many Colorado school districts struggle to provide social and emotional support for children who are learning at home.

Emotional needs, instructional support top concerns for Colorado school districts doing remote learning

Many Colorado school districts say their biggest struggle right now is providing social and emotional support for children who are learning at home, even...
Gov. Jared Polis announced Colorado's first two cases of coronavirus in Colorado on March 5, 2020. As of Friday, March 27, tyhe state was up to more than 1,700 cases with 31 deaths. (Photo by John Herrick)

Polis’s ‘experiment’ begins with soon-to-expire stay-at-home order Public health expert says it may be...

On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis plans to begin lifting social distancing restrictions, including his stay-at-home order, perhaps his most restrictive public health order aimed...
A "closed" sign on the gate at Carson Elementary School in Denver on April 3, 2020. On Monday, April 20, 2020, Gov. Jared Polis announced that all Colorado schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year.

All Colorado schools to remain closed for the rest of the academic year

Colorado schools will be closed for the rest of the school year, even as Gov. Jared Polis laid out a plan for a partial...