Tag: masks
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Air Force Academy opening its doors after nearly 17 months
After nearly 17 months of being closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Air Force Academy is opening its doors to visitors beginning Monday. The academy will open its gates to visitors at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2. In order to get in, visitors will need to wear masks, regardless…
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Colorado Springs Walmart employees back to wearing masks regardless of vaccinations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Regardless of their vaccination status, Walmart employees in Colorado Springs were directed to again wear masks inside Friday over concerns about the delta variant. The decision to resume mask wearing came from the top, and was implemented on Friday. In a press release, Walmart corporate…
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Colorado Springs Walmart employees back to wearing masks regardless of vaccinations
Regardless of their vaccination status, Walmart employees in Colorado Springs were directed to again wear masks inside Friday over concerns about the delta variant. The decision to resume mask wearing came from the top, and was implemented on Friday. In a press release, Walmart corporate executives announced that all company associates must wear masks when…
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ACLU files lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff over record COVID-19 outbreak at jail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the coronavirus swept through Colorado’s penal institutions, El Paso County jail inmates went months without access to masks, even facing threats of discipline if they tried to use bed sheets or underwear as face coverings, the ACLU of Colorado said Sunday in a class-action…
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ACLU files lawsuit against El Paso County sheriff over record COVID-19 outbreak at jail
As the coronavirus swept through Colorado’s penal institutions, El Paso County jail inmates went months without access to masks, even facing threats of discipline if they tried to use bed sheets or underwear as face coverings, the ACLU of Colorado said Sunday in a class-action lawsuit alleging widespread failures at the jail. A 36-page complaint…
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Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Polis’ mask mandate
The Colorado Supreme Court declined on Friday to take up a challenge to Gov. Jared Polis’ authority to make wearing masks in public mandatory to help prevent the spread of the potentially fatal coronavirus, sending the lawsuit to be heard first in a lower court. Polis issued an executive order making masks mandatory statewide on…
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VIDEO | Mask protesters outside City Hall
People gathered outside City Hall Monday to protest wearing masks.
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VIDEO | Highlights from Gov. Polis briefing on COVID-19
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced at a coronavirus briefing Friday that all essential employees will be mandated to wear face masks while working, along with other updates regarding the state’s response to the pandemic.
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Leadville’s Melanzana will soon make surgical masks in response to coronavirus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Melanzana, the outdoor clothing company located in Leadville, Colorado, will soon begin making fabric surgical masks, according to owner Fritz Howard. The manufacturing shop for the wildly popular Melanzana line of microfiber clothing – which can barely be kept on the shelf these days – will…
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Leadville’s Melanzana will soon make surgical masks in response to coronavirus
Melanzana, the outdoor clothing company located in Leadville, Colorado, will soon begin making fabric surgical masks, according to owner Fritz Howard. The manufacturing shop for the wildly popular Melanzana line of microfiber clothing – which can barely be kept on the shelf these days – will temporarily transition into making personal protective equipment (PPE) for Lake…