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TINY HOME will SWEET HOME New COVID-19 restrictions prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings West Nile
found in Weld County Hotter, damper weather leads to boom in susceptible mosquitoes BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The exterior of the J.Clay tiny home is built with an outdoor desk. It was one of the many small trailers, repurposed buses and PHOTO BY BELEN WARD cottages on display at Adams County’s Riverdale Regional Park July 10.
Redistricting commissions schedule public hearings nal districts as Colorado is slated to address both the Gatherings are chance opportunity to get a new, By eighth in the U.S. Independent Congressional RedisEllisseat Arnold House. But the impact on state tricting Commission and IndeAto long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Media comment on proposed pendent andColorado HouseCommunity seats could also Legislative Redistricting Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent Senate be big, with control of the state Commission, which will convene weekscongressional due to high demand. 14-day positivity rate As Denver metro counties continue to andAdams County’s Legislature — currently dominated jointly at each test meeting. closer to — local orders byinch Democrats at stay-at-home stake. Colorado Sun examined the was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, accordingThe to Tri-County Health Department. statehouse districts The commission will hold hearinitial congressional andhigher legislaunder Colorado’s system of coronavirusBrighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both than
ings in the Denver metro area on tive maps offered by nonpartisan related restrictions, the state announced 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have Tuesday and Wednesday evenings legislative staff and comments BY THY VO AND SANDRA FISH a new level of rulesofthat died from COVID-19 health issues. To limitonline the spread COVID-19, and in other parts theprohibits state onindoor submitted by theof public — THE COLORADOrelated SUN dining and personal gatherings —a most of which before the and Fridays and Saturdays. at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions thatcame prohibits indoor change that applies to the majority of the Most of the members of each preliminary maps were issued — Coloradans have a chance to have personal gatherings. 12-member commission will attend from different corners of the state their voices heard on proposals for Denver metro area and many counties in theother hearings in person, though to get an idea of what concerns the redrawn congressional and legislaregions. some will attend virtually. Typicommissioners might hear. tive districts at a total of 32 meetdial, which meetingsCOVID-19 will be chaired by has More attention —by andBelen public Ward cally,The state’s ings around the state through the Photo been in effect since September, is the set comments — have been directed end of August. of differentSEE levels of restrictions that each toward remapping the congressioThe gatherings are the public’s HEARINGS, P6
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Culex mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile in Weld County in areas of Greeley, Evans, Kersey, and Lasalle, according to the Weld County Department of Health and Environment. “The increasing hot weather and afternoon thundershowers have created favorable conditions for the Culex mosquito that carries West Nile Virus,” Mark Lawley, executive Director of the Weld County Health Department said in a written statement. According to officials, three times more Culex mosquitoes have been trapped in 2021 than in previous years, based on an analysis of five years worth of testing. In Weld County Zone 2, which includes Johnstown, Milliken, Platteville, and Zone 3 (Firestone, Dacono and Fort Lupton) the mosquitoes that were trapped weekly by a health department contractor did not testispositive Westbased Nile.on It’s a county required for to follow the situation is being severity of that a county’s localmonitored virus spread.by officials; no human cases have been The dial grew out ofCounty the state’sassafer-atreported in Weld of late homeweek. order — the policy that came after last theThe statewide order city ofstay-at-home Fort Lupton hasthis its own It contracts with of springprogram. and allowed numerous types VDCI Integrated Mosquito Managebusinesses to reopen. ment to test trapped mosquitoes TheJune state through recently switched to color from mid-September. identifiers — levels blue, yellow and The spraying is every Thursday orangedusk rather numbered levels — to from tothan dawn. “Weconfusion. get weekly trap data fromred avoid Until Nov. 17, level them as part of their Integrated meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level mosquito management program. red — “severe risk” — is thepreseason secondTheir program includes SEE WEST NILE, P6
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