“They are enabling kids to consume”: Denver children depending on meals supplied by schools amid closure
April 11, 2020
Map by Chalkbeat Colorado Jewel Lankster normally doesn’t have her 7-year-old daughter along as co-captain during her Uber Eats deliveries, but the closure of schools across Colorado in the face of a pandemic meant young Da’vida Jones needed to be watched and her mom needed the income. Lankster and Jones made a pit stop during…
Denver Charter Employees Clash With Managers Over ISP’s ‘Self-Serving’ No-Work-From-Home Policy
April 10, 2020
Photo: GettyAs companies continue to shutter amid the ongoing global pandemic, urging and in some cases mandating that staff continue to work from home, one of the country’s largest telecommunications providers is facing allegations that top executives, contrary to expert medical advice, have prohibited employees from working remotely. This, even though the company has acknowledged…
Letters: Hot Springs?, and Glenwood open for business – Glenwood Springs Post Independent
April 10, 2020
What safety measures is Hot Springs Pool taking?There was a very inviting photo of the Glenwood Hot Springs Pool in your cover of the Post Independent on Thursday. It is alarming that the hot springs have not made any comments on the safety measures they’re taking, and do we know if the water itself is…
House Bill Would Allow For Paid Leave, Testing & Tax Credits To Lessen Impact Of Coronavirus
April 10, 2020
DENVER, CO – MARCH 14: David Storey processes samples for COVID-19 testing at Colorado Department of … [+] Public Health and Environment Laboratory Services Division on Saturday. March 14, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Denver Post via Getty Images As numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19…
Post Malone Berated For Not Canceling Denver Show Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
April 10, 2020
Published on: Mar 13, 2020, 10:39 AM Erika Goldring/WireImage Denver, CO – Post Malone took the stage at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on Thursday night (March 12) as planned — despite widespread panic over COVID-19. As a result, the platinum-selling artist is receiving a healthy dose of backlash for not canceling the performance.…
Gov. Jared Polis Confirms ‘Community Spread’ Of Coronavirus – CBS Denver
April 10, 2020
March 11, 2020 at 9:59 pmDENVER (CBS4) – Gov. Jared Polis says the state confirmed 33 cases of coronavirus on Wednesday. Nine of those cases are in Pitkin County; six of which are Australians who visited Pitkin County. “These visitors are currently in quarantine. CDPHE staff, in conjunction with Pitkin County Public Health, are monitoring people…
Business Monday: Pitkin County sues Juul over marketing to youth – Aspen Times
April 10, 2020
In this Monday, June 17, 2019, photo, a cashier displays a packet of tobacco-flavored Juul pods at a store in San Francisco.San Francisco E Cigarette BanClaiming that Pitkin County “has been hit hard by the youth vaping epidemic,” a federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges Juul Labs and other makers of electronic cigarettes and tobacco vaporizers…
Volunteers gathered on dark, cold morning under a Denver viaduct to pack food for hungry students
April 10, 2020
Volunteers from Food For Thought began their work day Friday before the sun did. At 5:30 a.m. in 22-degree weather, a handful of men and women gathered under a downtown viaduct to unpack boxes of peanut butter, soup, crackers and other non-perishable food items. The goal was to prepare 3,500 bags of food to be…
Denver Many Cities Halt Evictions, But Many Renters Still Need Help
April 10, 2020
Angelica Rico says she lost all of her income this week when she was furloughed from her job as a digital marketing specialist. She doesn’t know how she’ll be able to pay rent on her apartment in Southern California. Courtesy of Autumn Littiken hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Autumn Littiken Angelica Rico says she…
Park closures, 3D-printed masks, writing history: News from around our 50 states
April 10, 2020
AlabamaWUSA-TV reports. The request comes after reports of crowds gathering at the memorials over the weekend. “Federal agencies must do their part to flatten the curve,” Norton said. “Given the crowds that continue to gather in the chambers of both the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, it is no longer in the best interest of the…