School Or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant And Relaxed Mask Rules, Some Parents In Places Like Mesa County See No Difference
Mesa County Valley School District 51 has already has 30 classrooms with reports of exposure to COVID-positive students.
Take Care, Durango Tourists. Wear A Mask Or You’ll Be Talkin’ To The COVID Cowboy
Early in the pandemic, some mountain towns and counties shut out visitors. These days, they’re welcoming tourists with open arms — and, in some cases, a shot in the arm.
Assisted Living Homes In Rural Colorado Forge Their Own Path To COVID Vaccinations
Federal data shows that, as of Jan. 21, dozens of long-term care facilities in Colorado were enrolled to receive vaccines from Walgreens or CVS but still did not have any vaccination dates scheduled. Some have started to look for another way.
The Pandemic’s ‘Brain Drain’ On Nurses Threatens Both Budgets And Rural Health Care
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, nurses can make more than $6,200 a week. A recent posting for a job in Fargo, North Dakota, offered more than $8,000 a week. Some can get as much as $10,000.
The Biggest Bug For Coronavirus Exposure Apps? The People Using Them
Colorado’s health department is issuing thousands of COVID codes a day to people who test positive. But no one knows how many are actually notifying others.
Need Tips On Social Distancing? This Guy’s Been Doing It For Almost 50 Years
Originally published on March 31, 2020 12:28 pm “The snow’s going sideways, it’s swirling,” said Billy Barr, from the abandoned silver mine he lives in almost 10,000 feet up in […]
Across Mountain West, Scientists Have The Same Goal: Take Down COVID-19
Originally published on March 27, 2020 9:30 am Sometime around Valentine’s Day, a box arrived at a lab on the western edge of Fort Collins, Colorado.
What COVID-19 Numbers Can (And Can’t) Tell Us
Originally published on March 27, 2020 9:27 am As the graph below shows, the number of COVID-19 cases reported by public health agencies in the Mountain West is climbing.
A New Private Prison In Australia Offers Lessons For U.S. — But It Still Lacks Transparency
Originally published on March 13, 2020 4:58 pm Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization […]
Private Prisons Profit Off Incarceration. One In Australia Shows How To Flip The Script
Originally published on March 11, 2020 5:08 pm Support for our series Private Prisons: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization […]
Mountain West Scientists Contributing To The Race For A COVID-19 Vaccine
Originally published on March 13, 2020 2:15 pm Teams around the world — including at least two labs in the Mountain West — are racing to develop a vaccine against […]
Seeking ‘Health Freedom,’ Some Parents Relocate To Idaho For Its Looser Vaccine Laws
Originally published on February 11, 2020 4:47 pm At a public hearing last year in Boise, Idaho, recent transplant Alicia Peterson urged lawmakers not to tighten vaccine requirements. “I, this […]
Legislators Announce Vaccine Bill That Would Require Standard Exemption Form
Originally published on February 3, 2020 6:02 pm Updated at 6:00 p.m.
Destructive Wild Pigs Marching Toward The Mountain West
Originally published on December 27, 2019 9:19 am Feral pigs cause an estimated $1.5 billion in damage each year, especially to crops.
Can Researchers Take The ‘Forever’ Out Of ‘Forever Chemicals’?
Originally published on December 20, 2019 3:51 pm A group of chemicals called PFAS are common in firefighting foams, as well as household products like rain jackets, pizza boxes and […]
No New Cases After Colorado Measles Scare — ‘Knock On Wood’
Originally published on January 3, 2020 3:30 pm Back in mid-December, three children were hospitalized with measles after passing through the Denver airport and the emergency department of Children’s Hospital […]
