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The COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project started as a way to help people facing eviction in the wake of the pandemic. It hopes to expand into helping those facing foreclosure or other consumer debt collection scenarios.

COVID-19 cases in nursing homes are climbing, and a new report reveals a wide range of case and vaccination rates in the Mountain West.

Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second straight year in 2021. It鈥檚 the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from the state health department show.

The pandemic forced Colorado industries to shut down storefronts and put up with supply chain issues and inflation. Despite the financial squeeze, the state鈥檚 new business filings have skyrocketed during the last three years, nearing a 10-year peak last quarter. And the economic development is happening in urban and rural communities alike.

COVID-19 cases are increasing in most of the country, but it鈥檚 hard to say how much. That's due to at-home tests and vaccines, which mean fewer people need to go to a doctor for a diagnoses or aid. These are good signs, but they also make it hard to track the virus, which can be stressful for people who are immunocompromised or can鈥檛 get the vaccine.

Among many things the COVID-19 pandemic revealed was just how undervalued many essential workers are. In today鈥檚 Colorado Edition, we talk with Denver-based author and blogger Adam Kaat who chronicled his experience as a grocery store cashier in his novel Life on the Grocery Line: A Frontline Experience in a Global Pandemic. And we hear what climate experts are saying about how much water will be available this summer in the Colorado River.

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation Hispanic vaccination rates were only 42% in Idaho and Colorado: tying for the second lowest rate in the country, above South Dakota.

In the first year of the pandemic, Colorado鈥檚 kindergarten enrollment plummeted. A year later, many young students are back in public schools, with statewide kindergarten enrollment trending back up.

Citing declining COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron coronavirus variant wanes, Colorado on Thursday deactivated its crisis standards of care that enabled hospitals and emergency medical responders to prioritize the needs of the most sick and injured and allocate staff as needed to respond to the crisis.

Today on Colorado Edition, we hear about an effort by state lawmakers to allow patients at least one visitor even during a pandemic. We also talk with David Sirota, the Denver-based co-creator of the Academy Award-nominated film 鈥淒on鈥檛 Look Up鈥�.