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Clear Creek County launches free HIV, Hepatitis C, STI testing as result of new partnership Clear Creek County Public Health Department and Boulder County AIDS Project establish new program to bring testing to the community
BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On Sept. 16, community members will be able to walk into the Clear Creek County Health and Wellness Center in Idaho Springs and walk out with information about their status of HIV, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections. This will be the first monthly wellness clinic resulting from a new
partnership between the Boulder County AIDS Project and Clear Creek County Public Health to provide free rapid HIV, Hepatitis C and other STI testing to the community. After the September clinic, the next testing date will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 12. Following the first two clinics, future dates will be scheduled monthly based on community turnout. “HIV and Hepatitis C testing is
RapidGrass Festival brings large audience to Idaho Springs BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Every year since Bryan Lauersdorf moved to Idaho Springs six years ago, he’s come to the Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival. And every year he looks forward to one band specifically, the festival’s namesake: Rapidgrass. Started by Idaho Springs locals Mark and Sarah Morris, the festival brings in acts from all around, with Mark’s band Rapidgrass head-lining. The smells of the food trucks from Boujo’s and Adventure Basecamp wafted over the field, kids bounced out their energy in the bounce house and stalls from Tommyknocker Brewery and Clear Creek Cidery supplied the beer and cider. It may be a bluegrass festival, but the genres of the bands aren’t so SEE RAPIDGRASS, P7
frequently not available for free, and I think it’s especially harder to find for free in non-metropolitan areas,” said Mariah Frank, prevention director at BCAP. “And so I think that was the start of [the idea for this partnership].” The partnership arrives at Clear Creek in the wake of rising STI rates in Colorado in recent years. SEE TESTING, P4
Idaho Springs Planning Commission drafts ordinance for hotel/ motel licenses BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Burney Sisters perform at the 2022 RapidGrass Bluegrass Festival in Idaho Springs. PHOTO BY ANDREW FRAIELI
License requirements for regulating extended stays at hotels or motels in Idaho Springs are becoming more fleshed out. On Aug. 3, the Idaho Springs Planning Commission discussed a draft ordinance and specific requirements for hotels and motels to obtain these licenses such as kitchen access, room size, proper lighting and ventilation, and inspections of rooms. Previously, the Commission raised concerns that local hotels and motels were being used for more than short-term housing, and it wasn’t SEE LICENSES, P3
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