Dirk Draper, right,
will retire at year’s end after more than six years as president and CEO of the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC. Draper, who turns 62 in November, said his retirement is a personal choice and an amicable one made in conjunction with the Chamber & EDC’s board of directors.
JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE file
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CC notified its campus community via email Wednesday.
According to the CDC, squirrels, prairie dogs, wood rats, fox squirrels and other species of ground squirrels and chipmunks can be infected by and spread plague.
Typically the disease can be spread to humans from a bite by an infected flea or by direct contact with infected animal. Plague has been confirmed in wild rodents such as squirrels or rabbits in the neighboring areas of Cascade Avenue and Uintah Street, the email from CC read, While there is no reason to be alarmed there are some steps to take to help prevent the potential for exposure.
CC notified its campus community via email Wednesday.
According to the CDC, squirrels, prairie dogs, wood rats, fox squirrels and other species of ground squirrels and chipmunks can be infected by and spread plague.
Typically the disease can be spread to humans from a bite by an infected flea or by direct contact with infected animal. Plague has been confirmed in wild rodents such as squirrels or rabbits in the neighboring areas of Cascade Avenue and Uintah Street, the email from CC read, While there is no reason to be alarmed there are some steps to take to help prevent the potential for exposure.
Teens getting COVID vaccine in El Paso County
What does the future look like for kids and teens getting vaccinated here in our area?
and last updated 2021-05-07 20:50:02-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â More teens in El Paso County are getting in line to get their COVID-19 vaccine. Right now, the Children s Hospital is offering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to teens ages 16 and up, but a pediatrician at the hospital says they expect that in the next few weeks, they ll be able to offer the Pfizer vaccine to kids 12 years old and above. I think this is really a wonderful thing that we can now offer to children, said Dr. Sara Saporta-Keating, a pediatrician at the hospital. We re expanding the coverage and protection from COVID-19 which means we may have fewer quarantines circulating COVID-19 in the community.