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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings Adams County
adopts new drilling regulations Industry chafes at state-allowed regulations, opponents claim it’s too little BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A bull rider tests his skills at 2019’s Adams County Fair. This year, the fair is hosting Professional Bull Riders on Aug. 5.
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Adams County Fair back, but not as usual Music, food and fun at center with some COVID accomodations
plenty of live music and fun. the 4H animal and crop contests There will be changes, however. went forward last year. “We have big acts and band “We were lucky enough that coming in, but the overall feeling a lot of the artists and vendors that we’d planned to have in 2020 that has us excited is getting to bring the community back tojust rolled things forward to 2021,” Vossler said. “But what we gether after last year,” she said. The children’s area will see thought would be a really easy BY SCOTT TAYLOR some of the biggest year to plan wasn’t that easy.” STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM By Ellischanges, Arnold Vossler said. Previous fairs A number of contractors A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site atand Colorado Community Media have featured bouncy houses The 116th version of the Adams performers the fair wanted to Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent and activities meant to get kids bring in this year waited to conCounty Fair is going to be a little weeks duejust to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity As Denver metro counties continue to together to play. firm their appearances untilrate the different because it follows inch are closer to local stay-at-home orders still having the Kids lasttocouple of weeks. 2020. was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according Tri-County Health Department. “We butColorado’s it is more of a of stage “There wouldn’t commit be- than Zone “Yeah, life changedCity’s dramatunder system coronavirusBrighton andhas Commerce test positivity rates were both higher area thanrestrictions, anythingthe else,” cause Colorado was a state that ically,” said Casandra Vossler, related stateshe announced 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton anddown 29 in Commerce City have said. “The typical Kids Zone closed last year,” Vossler Adams County fair and special a new level of rules that prohibits died from COVID-19 related issues. limit the spread of that COVID-19, had bouncy houses and paddle-indoor said.To“There were states event’s manager. “It’s beenhealth an diningWith and personal gatherings —a kids being vaccinatdidn’t closethat down and they wereand boards. interesting year, not just for this restrictions at least 15 counties moved to tighter prohibits indoor change that applies to the majority of the ed, it became a safety issue. So able to work there. But they industry but for the world at personal gatherings. downsized that area and now wouldn’t commit to us right away weDenver large. There are staffing shortmetro area and many counties in have more ground acts and more until they knew for sure we were ages, supply shortages. It’s been other regions. stage acts to entertain the kids, going to be open.” crazy.” The state’s COVID-19 which has than make themdial, jump The eventPhoto stages by a big 2021 Wardrather COVID-19 convinced Adams Belen been in effect since September, is the set comeback beginning Aug. 4, County to close down the bulk of different levels of P4 restrictions that each with two different rodeo events, of the fair’s events in 2020. Only SEE FAIR,
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The Adams County Board of Commissioners voted 3-1 for new oil and gas regulations at a July 27 public hearing, making the county the first in Colorado to revise its policies since new statewide regulations took effect in January. The regulations increase setback distances to 2,000 feet from homes, schools, daycares, environmentally sensitive areas, and parks and open spaces. The text amendments also expand the definition of environmentally sensitive areas and require closer monitoring of nuisance impacts. Industry proponents said the new regulations effectively ban drilling in the county, while county commissioners the to text amendments county issaid required follow based on the were necessary to address growseverity of a county’s local virusthe spread. ing concern over air quality and The dial grew out of the state’s safer-atpollution. home order —the thetime policyisthat came “Frankly, now. Weafter are the statewide stay-at-home order of this looking at the longest streak poor air quality in the numerous Denver metro in spring and allowed types of abusinesses number to ofreopen. years,” said Adams County Commissioner Emma Pintstate is recently switchedconcern to color in er. The “There widespread identifiers — levels blue, yellow and the community, both about climate orange rather than numbered levels — to change, air quality, air pollution, water pollution,Until all the avoid confusion. Nov.things 17, levelthat red are really centered around these meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level regulations. This is the best that we red — — is the secondcan do“severe at thisrisk” time.” SEE DRILLING, P6
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