Democracy doesn’t stop during a pandemic. Small towns throughout Larimer County will have municipal elections April 7, even with town buildings closed to the public because of the coronavirus outbreak. Voters in Windsor, Wellington, Timnath and Estes Park will elect town board members and in some cases mayors. All are conducting mail-in ballot elections, with […]
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says it’s time to make mask-wearing cool. During a Friday afternoon news conference, Polis encouraged everyone to wear a cloth mask when they leave the house, another tool in the fight against coronavirus. “We’re asking all Coloradans to wear face coverings when they go out of the house for any of […]
Coloradans working and taking online classes at home and frequenting the outdoors to break the coronavirus stay-at-home order boredom can expect to encounter more wildlife, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. And while many times those experiences are positive, recent events show that people should not only practice social distancing among themselves in the outdoors, but stay much farther […]
Fort Collins and Loveland businesses hit by mandatory coronavirus closures and limited by social distancing measures are turning to mass layoffs and furloughs. According to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, two Larimer County companies reported laying off more than 230 employees combined at the end of last month, according to listings kept and published through the Worker Readjustment […]
President Donald Trump approved Colorado’s request for a major disaster declaration Saturday in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Governor Jared Polis submitted an urgent request for the declaration Wednesday, a day before issuing s statewide stay-at-home order. The move allows the state to receive more federal funding as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 […]
The U.S. on Friday became the first country to record 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. As testing expands rapidly across the nation, the U.S. is seeing huge daily spikes in the number of reported cases. There were about 10,000 cases in the country as recently as a week ago, according to the Johns Hopkins University dashboard. […]
President Donald Trump signed a $2 trillion bipartisan stimulus package Friday that is intended to address the threat of economic disaster posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Trump signed the measure – the largest stimulus in U.S. history – in the Oval Office hours after it was approved by the House of Representatives, an unusually rapid […]
If you think you might have the new coronavirus, Larimer County health officials want to know about it. With the limited availability of testing for COVID-19, the health department has set up an online dashboard through which residents may self-report symptoms they are experiencing, such as cough, fever and shortness of breath. The health department wants […]
Larimer County is using The Ranch events complex in Loveland as a temporary coronavirus isolation site for people who are homeless. The site currently has 10 beds available for people who are homeless, can’t stay with friends or family members, and have either tested positive for coronavirus or were recently discharged from a hospital for acute respiratory […]
On 3/25/2020, Public Health Director Tom Gonzales issued a Stay at Home order requiring all individuals in Larimer County to stay at home except for food and essential services to further reduce the spread of illness in our community. The order is effective March 26th at 5PM through April 17th. On 3/25/2020, Public Health Director […]
