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Mancos schools choose to keep in-person instruction

The Mancos school board decided Nov. 9 to keep in-person learning through the holiday season, despite the Montezuma County Public Health Department and Southwest Memorial Hospital’s recommendation...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado continues to shift blue

Colorado’s political map is looking more and more blue. The 2020 election continued the decades-long shift toward Democrats in Colorado, led by voters in suburban counties and punctuated by huge...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s coronavirus test positivity rate might be off

When the coronavirus pandemic besieged Colorado last spring, Boulder Mayor Sam Weaver and a few of his friends quickly developed a new hobby — downloading data on the virus’ spread in the state and...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why another Colorado lockdown is unlikely, even as situation worsens

Coloradans are more likely to encounter someone with coronavirus now than at any point during the pandemic, state health officials say. Hospitalizations because of COVID-19 have surged to a new...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

As COVID-19 cases surge, La Plata County will move to ‘Level Orange’

With COVID-19 on the verge of spiraling out of control in La Plata County, it’s up to the community to put the pandemic in check by following new, stricter public health regulations set to take...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 spike forces Durango schools to remote learning

With COVID-19 transmission rates spiking regionally, Durango School District 9-R will move to remote learning for all its students beginning Wednesday and extending through Jan. 4, the end of...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public hearing set for marijuana ordinance

Dolores is gearing up to allow retail marijuana sales, cultivation, product manufacturing and testing beginning in 2021. A draft ordinance is available for review, and a public hearing and...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Worldpay to close Durango office building

FIS Worldpay will permanently close its 81,380-square-foot building in Durango and about 250 employees in will transition to telecommuting. “As part of an ongoing facilities review and in support...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez schools to move in-person students to online Thursday

As COVID-19 cases in Montezuma County rise, the Montezuma-Cortez School District announced Monday afternoon it will transition its in-person students to online learning Thursday, Nov. 12. The...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis extends Colorado’s mask mandate amid hospitalization increase

DENVER – With Colorado experiencing its highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations, Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide mask mandate Monday for another 30 days and said state employees will...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Earthquakes again hit Colorado near Utah border

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake and two smaller aftershocks were recorded Sunday morning south of Bedrock, Colorado, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Utah Seismograph Stations....

DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow expected through the day in Southwest Colorado

Parts of the San Juan Mountains received 3 feet of snow from the overnight storm that hit Southwest Colorado early Monday, but Durango reported only a half inch of snow as of 7 a.m. – outpaced by...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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