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Residents, visitors to four Western Slope counties asked to limit social contacts

The state health department on Sunday strongly recommended that residents and visitors to Eagle, Summit, Pitkin and Gunnison counties minimize contacts with other people to slow the spread of...

DATE: March 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Purgatory, Wolf Creek ski areas receive little notice about closures

Ski areas in Southwest Colorado hastily shuttered operations Sunday after Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order banning operations from Sunday through March 22. On Sunday, the Colorado...

DATE: March 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis closes Colorado ski areas amid coronavirus outbreak

SALT LAKE CITY — As ski resorts across the United States grappled with how to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus without having to close, industry giants Vail Resorts and Alterra Mountain...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congress clamps down on Bernhardt in wake of damaging report on BLM move

U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt continually stonewalled inquiries about the Bureau of Land Management’s controversial move to Grand Junction in multiple hearings earlier this week...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mercy CEO to resign next month

Mercy Regional Medical Center CEO Will McConnell announced Friday through a news release his plans to resign from his position April 10. McConnell has spent the past three years of his decade-long...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sonntag family travels from Germany for memorial

Klaus Sonntag knew something wasn’t right. It was Wednesday, March 4, and Sonntag had phoned his son, Benjamin, in Durango from Germany. The two talked every day on the phone, but Ben was about to...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coronavirus impacts CHSAA state basketball championships

LOVELAND – Coaches’ messages were heard loud and clear and every bounce of a basketball, slip of a sneaker and muffled chants were magnified Thursday at the opening day of the Class 2A Colorado...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Colorado lawmakers adjourn amid concern about coronavirus

In an unprecedented move, the Colorado General Assembly temporarily adjourned in the middle of its lawmaking session Saturday to encourage social distancing and help prevent the spread of the new...

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Team from San Juan County plans to row across Atlantic Ocean

AZTEC — Two officers with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office are raising funds to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, from the west coast of Africa east to the Caribbean island of Antigua....

DATE: March 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado launches effort to plug abandoned wells in La Plata County

The state of Colorado this year will start a massive cleanup of oil and gas wells abandoned by their operators throughout La Plata County, which could end up costing taxpayers upward of $2 million...

DATE: March 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Coronavirus fears heightened for Durango seniors

Most people dying of COVID-19 are older, and local long-term care facilities are taking precautions to keep at-risk residents healthy and safe. More than 17% of people living in La Plata County –...

DATE: March 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hospital and nursing homes limit visitation

To slow the spread of coronavirus and protect patients and staff, Southwest Memorial Hospital and nursing homes have implemented visitor restrictions. Beginning Monday at Southwest, patients will...

DATE: March 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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