Author: By Liz Henderson

More than 100 people came together in Manitou Springs on Saturday morning to protest the city’s Incline trail closure, organizers said. The Manitou Incline has been closed since March 17 because of concerns over the coronavirus — a pandemic that shut down many of El Paso County’s parks, trails and camping sites. But most of…

The state health department issued new guidelines for personal and outdoor recreation sites Thursday. Under the new guidelines from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, activities that can be done in groups of 10 or fewer, with people physically distanced, washing hands and wearing face masks when possible, are allowed unless specifically prohibited…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced a new executive order allowing coronavirus-conscious business owners the right to refuse service to people who don’t wear face masks. “Our businesses, the people who work there, the other patrons, they should have a right to be protected from those who refuse to take the common-sense step of…

Gov. Jared Polis said at a briefing Tuesday that the Colorado’s number of new coronavirus cases and deaths were moving in a downward trend, encouraging statewide limited reopenings just one month after the state’s stay-at-home order lifted. As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 25,000 Coloradans have tested positive for the coronavirus since the disease was first…

Colorado’s “abundant” supply of miller moths will persist for the next few weeks, experts say, reversing a four-year trend of below-average numbers of the bugs. The increase in moth sightings can be largely attributed to lack of moisture across Colorado and states along its eastern border, Colorado State University entomologists Whitney Cranshaw and Frank Peairs…