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Masks On — or Not?
Confusion reigns as a judge strikes down the COVID-19 face mask mandate on public transportation You could be forgiven this week for being...
Chaffee BoCC to Consider Public Health “Harm-reduction Pilot Project”
The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) acting as the Chaffee County Board of Health, began consideration of a Letter of Support regarding...
Chaffee County Public Health Update on COVID-19 Booster Dose Approval
On Tuesday, March 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a fourth dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines...
Cases of COVID-19 Variant in the U.S. Rise for the First time since Mid-January
This news we don't want to hear, but here it is. As of this week, the seven-day average for new COVID cases in the U.S. has risen, fueling fears...
COVID Q&A: Variants, Vaccines for Kids and an End to the Pandemic
This is a Q and A column written by Dr. Lydia S. Segal in conjunction with Chaffee County Public Health. This column is focused on questions...
Salida High School Shifts to Remote Learning March 16 and 17
Other Salida School District Campuses Remain In Person Students of Salida High School will shift to remote learning on Wednesday and Thursday, March...
Bennet, Hickenlooper Urge SBA To Extend Deadline For Small Businesses To Repay Economic Injury Disaster Loans
60,000 Small Businesses in Colorado Have Benefited from the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program as They Recover From the Pandemic Today, Colorado...
Business and COVID: Where do we go from here? Learn more on Mar. 10
Now that the State of Colorado and Chaffee County are officially moving forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, the question for many employers becomes:...
Our Response to COVID-19 as Conditions Change
There are significant changes underway for our response to COVID-19. For two years we have worked tirelessly to protect the lives and livelihoods of...
CDC Adjusts Guidelines, Lifting Mask Mandates for School Buses
Salida School District students will no longer be required to wear a mask on school buses or vans following an update from the Centers for Disease...
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