Teller County is under a burn restriction due to current fire weather conditions today: 04-28-2020 nixle.us/BSX3J

Teller County, CO, On April 23, 2020 Major General Michael A. Loh, Adjutant General of the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, flew to Divide in order to see for himself the great work the Teller County Unified Command Group has done in preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic. General Loh toured the Emergency Operation Center at Teller County Public Works, the decontamination facility for first responders and their vehicles, and the Auxiliary Medical Facility

Teller County is no longer under a burn restriction.

Teller County, CO - On April 13, 2020, officials from Teller County and UCHealth will demonstrate a newly designed piece of medical protection equipment designed to protect health care workers working in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was invented by employees of the Teller County Public Works Department, working alongside a local EMS director. The device is designed to protect health care workers during intubation - the placement of a tube inside a patient’s airway

Teller County, CO, On April 7, 2020, Teller County District Court Judge Scott Sells dismissed the ACLU’s lawsuit against Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell challenging the Sheriff’s formal cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through a 287(g) Agreement. The ACLU of Colorado filed the lawsuit on June 27, 2019 on behalf of six Teller County residents and taxpayers who argued that Sheriff Mikesell is diverting their tax money to participate in th