As a justice program coordinator, Kevin Kohlbrenner knows he could have easily been in the shoes of his current clients booked into Routt County Jail on drug charges. “If I wouldn’t have gotten clean, I.
As director of the Moffat County Public Health department for three years, Registered Nurse Becky Copeland fully understands, “We got our work cut out for us.” Copeland and her three energetic staff members are counting.
A well-known ranking of healthiest counties showed Routt County dropped from fifth place in 2020 to 10th in 2021 and to 53rd in 2022 rankings of Colorado counties, with much of that decrease related to.
Craig Press Managing Editor Joshua Carney.
I’ve tried to write this column many times over the last month or so, and I’ve never quite found the right words.
Hopefully now I have.
When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Colorado in mid-March 2020, I wasn’t really worried because I honestly didn’t concern myself with something that sounded like the flu.
For six months, though, I wore my mask, washed my hands, and stayed home, following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and our professional and knowledgeable Moffat County Public Health department’s recommendations.
In late September though, I fell ill. In fact, everyone in my house did. My wife, young son, and I were all tested for COVID-19, which all came back negative. As did our flu and strep tests, leaving us puzzled as to what was going through our house.