DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. – The Board of Douglas County Commissioners on Thursday directed the county’s attorney to begin the process of withdrawing from the Tri-County Health Department over their ...

John Douglas, the executive director of the Tri-County Health Department, is ready to go down with the ship. “The ship is indeed sinking, but I think we’re seeing plenty of lifeboats, and we want to ...

Three counties — covering more than 1.5 million people across the metro area — are racing to stand up their own public health agencies before the Tri-County Health Department takes its final breath at ...

The largest division in the new Douglas County Health Department is officially open and operating. The milestone comes almost a year after county officials voted to leave the Tri-County Health ...

The dissection of the organization that has safeguarded the health and safety of 1.5 million Coloradans is now gathering speed. In its place, three smaller, untested county health departments are ...

At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, an institution that has provided public health services to millions in the metro area since Harry Truman occupied the White House will fizzle and fade to ...

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — In 2023, Arapahoe County will open the doors to its own single-county public health department serving residents and businesses in the state’s third-largest county.

Jan. 1—As their final act, board members unanimously voted 6-0 Thursday to end the Tri-County Health Department's seven decades of service with a thank you. The resolution reads, in part, that "the ...

STANDING IN THE COMMUNITY. WELL, NOW TO THE PUSH TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, COMMISSIONERS AGREE THAT COUNTY NEEDS A MENTAL HEALTH CENTER BUT DISAGREE IF IT SHOULD GET ITS OWN ...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Declaring that “this pandemic is over,” the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a resolution to opt out of further Tri-County public ...

For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions and other covid preventive measures have strained ...