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211109-COVID-VACCINATION-KIDS

Six Denver metro counties will require proof of vaccination at unseated, indoor events with 500 or more people

By Paolo Zialcita

211025-DOUGLAS-COUNTY-SCHOOLS-BUS

Some predicted conservatives would sweep Colorado school board races this year. The election results are more complicated

By Jenny Brundin

Yes, Colorado’s school board races are becoming more politicized. Here’s why

By Jenny Brundin

JeffCo Schools Bus Terminal

Unvaccinated JeffCo Students Who Want To Do After-School Activities Will Have To Start Weekly COVID Testing This Week

By Jenny Brundin

As A New Colorado School Year Starts, The Race To Hire New Teachers And Staff Is Fierce

By Jenny Brundin

A vaccine clinic at DSST Cole. Aug. 5, 2021.

Most Kids Are Heading Back To School Unvaccinated And Under A Mix Of COVID-19 Rules. Are They Safe?

GOLDEN—CLEAR-CREEK-201110

Jefferson County Could Get 1,200 Acres Of Open Space In Exchange For Allowing A Pit Mine To Expand

By Andrew Kenney

It’s Been A Difficult Year, So These Jeffco Students Made Posters Of Their Perseverance Heroes

By Jenny Brundin

Capitol Breach The Road to Riot

These Are The Coloradans Allegedly Involved In Storming The U.S. Capitol On January 6

By Colorado Public Radio Staff

COVID-VACCINATION-SHORTER-AME

In Colorado, COVID Case Rates Are The Lowest Where Vaccination Rates Are The Highest (And Vice Versa)

210406-TEACHER-MENTAL-HEALTH

‘How Do You Get To The End Of The Year?’: Teachers Gear Up For The Final Push Even After This Pandemic Year Took A Massive Mental Health Toll

By Jenny Brundin

JEFFCO-PUBLIC-HEALTH-DIRECTOR-COMSTOCK

When The Pandemic Hit, This Professor Traded The Classroom For Public Health Service

JeffCo Schools Empty Hallway

Jeffco Gets Ready To Return To In-Person School, But Some Students Say They Should Wait

By Jenny Brundin

400-Acre Grass Fire Prompts Evacuations In West Denver Suburb

By Alison Borden

Colorado Moves Teachers Up In Line For COVID Vaccine

By Andrew Villegas, Jenny Brundin, and Andrea Dukakis

PARTY-SWITCHER-LYLE-DARRAH

Government and Politics

Meet Some Of The 4,600 Colorado Republicans Who Quit The Party After The US Capitol Riot

By Andrew Kenney

Jefferson County Teachers Protest A Planned Return To School, Citing Safety Worries

By Jenny Brundin

VIBE TRIBE

Black Women’s Groups Find Health And Healing On Hikes, But Sometimes Racism, Too

By NPR

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