The federal mass COVID vaccination site at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo wraps up June 14 after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) began operation in mid-April.
The Cog Railway that takes riders to the top of Pikes Peak reopens this week. The city of Manitou Springs is bracing for a lot of added potential tourists this summer with the relaunch.
It's been a few weeks since the Colorado State Fairgrounds opened as a mass vaccination site run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. KRCC caught up with FEMA's Julie Brooks, who's stationed at an incident command post in a barn. She shared the site's goals and plans for the future.
Restaurants and bars in Colorado Springs saw a 35 percent drop in sales last year during the pandemic, but there now are small signs of an economy in recovery according
"I think this is probably one of the worst situations I've had to deal with, life threatening that is, since Vietnam," said Konrad Spurling, about COVID.
KRCC's Elena Rivera caught up with people across Southern Colorado to see how their work and lives have changed one year into the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Agricultural workers, many who primarily spoke Spanish or Qʼanjobʼal, an indigenous Guatemalan language, weren't receiving information about how the virus spread and what people needed to do if they tested positive. That's where Los Promotores comes in.