Author: Erin Prater

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The reward for information about a Chaffee County woman who reportedly disappeared on a Mother’s Day bike ride has increased to $200,000. Suzanne Morphew, 49, failed to return Sunday after leaving for a ride near…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs and much of southern Colorado will be under a red flag warning Thursday due to “extreme fire weather conditions.” Temperatures will top out just over 70, and winds could gust as high as…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is “moving in the right direction,” with the daily growth rate of coronavirus cases at 1.4% as of Sunday, and the daily growth rate of hospitalizations at 0.1%, Gov. Jared Polis said Monday. But…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis will update Coloradans today on the state’s coronavirus response at a press conference at the state Capitol in Denver. The conference, slated to begin at 1:30 p.m., will be streamed live on…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The state’s emergency operations center has spent approximately $70 million on its coronavirus response so far, officials said Tuesday. The figure was given at a phone-in press availability intended to update Coloradans on the state’s…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado must have the locations, partners and personal protective equipment necessary for mass testing in order to re-open the state, officials said at a Thursday coronavirus press conference. “The governor is very clear that the…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Social distancing and the governor’s stay-at-home order have pushed the expected peak of coronavirus cases in Colorado to May or later, state officials said at a Thursday press conference. “Social distancing has worked, and we…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coronavirus patients who have recovered from the infection can donate plasma, potentially aiding others battling the virus, UCHealth officials announced Tuesday. The hospital last week treated its first patient with convalescent serum, a blood product…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is a “significant effort” to identify sites for and prepare temporary hospitals throughout Colorado in anticipation of a potential coronavirus surge, state health officials said Tuesday. Potential sites include the Budweiser Events Center in…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save El Paso County leads the state in coronavirus deaths because of less-than-optimal adherence to the statewide stay-at-home order, as well as bridge tournaments about a month ago attended by the county’s first fatality, Colorado Gov.…