Covid in Colorado Recovery & Relief, Part 1: The state of the pandemic
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Every evening this week, KRDO is speaking with local experts in Colorado to get answers about the status of the…
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Gov. Jared Polis gives info on process to reopen Colorado businesses
DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is giving an update on the state’s response to COVID-19, and we’re expecting to learn more about the…
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Colorado to allow food trucks at 8 selected highway rest areas
To help bring more business to food truck vendors and more meal options to commercial truck drivers, vendors are now allowed to operate at eight…
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Law professor explains if Colorado’s ‘safer at home’ order is constitutional
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – With nearly three weeks left until Gov. Jared Polis’ ‘safer at home’ order comes to an end, the number of people who…
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Crowley County prison reports 35 new cases of COVID-19
OLNEY SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In a report shared Friday by the Otero County Public Health Department, KRDO is learning of an outbreak at a prison in…
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Gov. Polis says restaurants, campgrounds could reopen by Memorial Day weekend
DENVER (KRDO) — Gov. Jared Polis says the state is looking at data to possibly let restaurants in Colorado partially reopen dining rooms by Memorial…
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Gov. Polis extends Colorado’s Disaster Emergency Declaration for COVID-19
DENVER (KRDO) – Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed Executive Order D 2020 058 to extend the Disaster Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 until early…
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Former Gov. John Hickenlooper discusses state’s response to COVID-19
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — While former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper didn’t govern Colorado during a pandemic such as this, he is familiar…
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Fremont County public health submits variance request to reopen local restaurants, churches, gyms
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Fremont County Department of Public Health and Environment has submitted a variance request to the state in an…
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Parade honors healthcare workers at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado healthcare workers have been working tirelessly throughout the course of the pandemic. Thursday, the…
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El Paso County Public Health issuing cease and desist order to Calhan restaurants
CALHAN, Colo. (KRDO) — The dining rooms that were opened Wednesday in Calhan despite a state public health order have been ordered to cease and…
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More than 500 small business owners show interest in Pueblo COVID financial assistance program
In the three weeks since the Pueblo City Council approved allocating $5 million to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 500…
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Denver to start reopening Saturday after extended stay-at-home order
DENVER (AP) – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock says the city’s stay-at-home order will expire at the end of the week, allowing an array of businesses…
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Healthcare workers, first responders get free coffee at Loaf ‘N Jug
(KRDO) — In an effort to show gratitude to healthcare workers, Loaf ‘N Jug is offering free coffee to healthcare professionals, first responders and…
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Gov. Jared Polis gives update on COVID-19 in Colorado, May 6
DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will be speaking to media and answering questions about the status of COVID-19 in the state.Watch below…
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Colorado receives money for telemedicine and health innovation projects
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services approved $7.9 million in COVID-19 emergency funding to help pay for…
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Police, firefighters thank health care workers at the start of National Nurses Week
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — This week is National Nurses Week and National Health Care Week, and UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central is…
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Social distancing at Colorado Springs parks still not improving enough, official says
It’s been a week since Colorado’s transition from “Stay at Home” to “Safer at Home” orders began, and officials in Colorado Springs held a news…
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Child care concerns rise as parents head back to work in Southern Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Dozens of parents have reached out to KRDO saying their child care facility is closed or full due to COVID-19…
Continue Reading Gov. Jared Polis provides update on COVID-19 in Colorado
DENVER (KRDO) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is giving an update on the status of COVID-19 and will be taking questions as the state enters a new part…
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