Colorado Governor Jared Polissays the next few days will be critical in determining if the state's social distancing efforts have been effective in combatting the COVID-19 coronavirus.

United State President Donald Trump said that decisions about reopening parts of the national economy will come Thursday.

Alice Mae Webb 

1915 -2020

Alice Mae Webb was born July 27, 1915, to Joseph P. Cooper and Jean Bulloch Cooper on the family homestead six miles north of Karval. Alice was the third of five children born to this union.

The Cooper children walked two miles to a one room school called Rush Creek through the eighth grade. Alice also attended Karval and Hugo schools. She graduated from Hugo school with the class of 1934.

Colorado has enough money in its reserves to cover about one month of general fund spending.

One in five people in Colorado have medical debt according to recent analysis.

In a unanimous vote, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has handed down an $18.25 million fine for a deadly home explosion in 2017.

Dear EarthTalk:

Can our pets get sick from the coronavirus too, and can they pass it along to people?

 J.M., Bridgeport, CT

The first payments from a $250 billion economic stimulus fund could reach Americans by mid-week.

Agriculture news and information from the Eads USDA Service Center staff in Kiowa County, Colorado.