Garfield County Sheriff’s Office temporarily closed to public
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO. – Confirmed COVID-19 cases among inmates and staff at the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office / Detention Facility have led to the temporary closure of services to the public at our Glenwood Springs location. As of the time of this release, 4 Detentions Staff Members and 17 inmates have tested positive. Those inmates were all housed within the same pod/area in the jail and are now in quarantine; separate from other inmates and staff. Of the current positive inmates, 5 are symptomatic with low grade symptoms and being cared for in-house by Correctional Health Partners. As far as
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Garfield County approves grants for local animal shelters
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The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners has approved two grants totaling $420,000 to the Colorado Animal Rescue (C.A.R.E.) and Rifle Animal Shelter. The nonprofits help keep animal populations in control and healthy in Garfield County through spaying and neutering services and vaccination clinics. Glenwood Springs-based C.A.R.E. received $250,000 and the Rifle Animal Shelter $170,000 for 2021 out of the county’s Nonprofit Discretionary Grant Fund. Both grants were approved unanimously, 3-0. CARE accepted 258 strays in 2020, including 138 from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. It performed 443 spay and neuter surgeries last year, with 137 $50 vouchers sent to
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Public Health COVID-19 vaccine clinic registration open
Garfield County Public Health has opened its COVID-19 vaccination appointment scheduler for the week. *The clinics below will be offering the single dose Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine for anyone age 18 or older. Register here: Glenwood Springs, Wednesday April 7 – Registration Rifle, Thursday April 8 – Registration Rifle, Friday April 9 – Registration Current information on all vaccinating providers in Garfield County and Public Health clinics will be listed on the Garfield County vaccine website and @Garfieldhealth on Facebook. Moderna/Pfizer/Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) Each week the state allocates providers different amounts of COVID-19 vaccine from either Pfizer, Moderna
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