Author: BREEANNA JENT [email protected]
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Overnight lane closures on southbound I-25 north of Colorado Springs begin Monday
Drivers on Interstate 25 near Larkspur should expect travel delays when construction crews close the interstate’s southbound lanes for several nights beginning Monday. Highway patrol closes I-25 to investigate fatal crash Crews will fully close southbound I-25 from Spruce Mountain to Upper Lake Gulch roads beginning 7 p.m. Monday through 7 a.m. Tuesday. Crews will…
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Ramps closing for several weeks at County Line Road
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Construction crews will close the northbound on- and off-ramps at Interstate 25 and County Line Road near Monument for six weeks as they continue work on the I-25 South “gap” project. Workers will close both…
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New metro district gains approval, tax rate will double
El Paso County commissioners approved a new special district that would nearly double the tax rate on about 150 homes built inside a new subdivision near Monument to fund it. The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to form the new Cloverleaf Metropolitan District that proposes issuing $8 million in debt over 30 years to build…
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Colorado on pace to hit national 70% vaccination goal
Colorado is on pace to vaccinate 70% of its adult residents against COVID-19 by Independence Day, meeting the national goal President Joe Biden announced in May. As of Wednesday, 69.6% of Coloradans 18 and older — or more than 3.1 million adults, including more than 450,000 people 70 and older — have received at least…
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Colorado on pace to hit national 70% vaccination goal
Colorado is on pace to vaccinate 70% of its adult residents against COVID-19 by Independence Day, meeting the national goal President Joe Biden announced in May. As of Wednesday, 69.6% of Coloradans 18 and older — or more than 3.1 million adults, including more than 450,000 people 70 and older — have received at least…
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Colorado to shut down state COVID-19 community vaccination sites
All six COVID-19 community vaccination sites across Colorado will cease operations by Sunday as the state transitions vaccination efforts to local providers, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced Monday afternoon. Residents will now receive their vaccines only through their primary care physicians, pharmacies, hospitals, local public health agencies, mobile clinics and community-based…
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Coronavirus variant threatens to overturn falling case numbers, hospitalizations across Colorado
A new extra transmissible, more dangerous COVID-19 strain could reverse falling case numbers and hospitalizations across Colorado if more people do not get vaccinated, health officials warned Tuesday. The Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, is about twice as contagious as the Alpha variant, also known as B.1.1.7, from the United Kingdom and accounts for 40%…
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Colorado begins call campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccination
Coloradans who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine could hear from the state as health officials work to inoculate 70% of adults with at least one dose by July 4. As part of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s outbound call campaign, callers with COVAXCO, the call center that has been answering inbound…
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Pikes Peak area outdoor recreation leaders discuss wildfire mitigation, priorities with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet
Outdoor industry leaders expect a boom in outdoor recreation across the Pikes Peak region this summer as the nation comes out of the pandemic. But they’re concerned about the toll increased usage of local parks, trails and open spaces could take on the environment, particularly without sufficient funds to combat it, they told U.S. Sen.…
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CDOT celebrates beginning of $159 million road safety project to Colorado Springs military posts
A series of key road improvement projects in southeastern El Paso County will make it safer and easier to get to military facilities in the Colorado Springs area while also improving connectivity, freight access and the regional economy, state and local officials said Wednesday. Construction crews have already added a new passing lane on westbound…