The following letter was issued to Colorado representatives from Colorado colleges concerning the COVID-19 crisis and its effects on schooling: Dear Senators Bennet and Gardner and Representatives DeGette, Neguse, Tipton, Buck, Lamborn, Crow and Perlmutter, We write to express our appreciation for your leadership and support of higher education during these troubling times. We are grateful for your work to address the economic impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on our institutions, our students, our employees, as well as the local communities we serve.While we represent diverse institutions,... Read More

Two CU Boulder alum and one senior, Serene Singh and Kelly Galloway, with senior Paula Pulido, have launched the Buffs Together fundraising campaign with the aim to reach $50,000 in donations to be disbursed to students who have been financially affected by COVID-19. “Being an alumnus, I’m in contact with people who are at CU, friends of mine, people who I worked with, and I was noticing that there was a lot of panic, a lot of stress,” said Singh, a Rhodes Scholar who graduated CU in May 2019. “Seeing all the heartbreak going on in the world, we all want to do something in our power,”... Read More

Boulder has launched a new team referred to as Emergency Response Connectors to provide guidelines and support to the Boulder community regarding the COVID-19 epidemic. The team seeks to educate the community and document and report back any concerns. The team will adhere to current social distancing standards. Boulder is hoping to provide a trusted voice to the community to help residents decipher what is real and important in the midst of an overload of information from many sources. Members of the team will meet with city staff weekly to maintain up-to-date information and guidelines, as well... Read More

There wasn’t always the internet to get your thoughts out to the world. Before the internet, if you wanted to tell people something you had to tell them in-person. With social distancing making that more difficult, one man in LA wanted to get his jokes out to the world in the middle of the pandemic, and settled on hand-written signs in his front yard to illicit groans (and maybe a few laughs).  Read More

Avery Brewing announced that it will be giving away 4,000 cases of free beer to frontline employees as a gesture of thanks for helping out during the COVID-19 crisis. The Boulder brewery is giving away its gold lager beer, Stampede, until they run out. “We do one thing and we do one thing really well. That’s making beer,” said Adam Avery, CEO and co-founder of Avery Brewing Company. “We’re just trying to do our part.” Frontline employees include eligible include healthcare workers, police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services, delivery drivers, grocery store workers and... Read More

Ten writers. Ten days. One hundred stories.   And so, at last, it has come to this: The world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper, not a bomb, but a bug. We don’t ride out in a blaze of glory in a nuclear explosion, but it all ends in the pestilential isolation of our screens. We have been ever-further socially distant for years, but now that it’s a mandate, we seek ever more connection through our last remaining (fiber optic cable) lines. It would serve us well to remember that in this, as in all things, nothing is new. We are only as we ever have been and will always be, in times of... Read More

Governor Jared Polis has made an executive order that all ski resorts in Colorado will be closed for a minimum of one week due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This comes after many resorts had already announced they would shut down beginning March 15. Vail Resorts, Alterra Mountain Company, Aspen Snowmass, Telluride, Arapahoe Basin, and Loveland all announced closures Saturday. Telluride and Aspen Snowmass indicated on social media ahead of Polis’ announcement that he would be ordering all of Colorado’s resorts to close. Gov. Polis released a statement on Saturday evening, saying: “Never... Read More