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Eager crowds help Colorado ski resorts prepare for holiday crunch

Winter Park delayed its opening a couple weeks to early December and the pent-up demand almost overwhelmed the Grand County resort on its first Saturday. Lines were long on Dec. 5 and, as skiers...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

After defying public health order, Wild Horse Saloon owner says she will close

The owner of the Wild Horse Saloon, who opened last weekend in defiance of public health orders, said she will not open this weekend but vowed to keep fighting the regulations. Because of a high...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

CHSAA forced to delay start of winter sports

High School basketball players were the first athletes to experience the affect of COVID-19 in March. Now, they will once again feel it with novel coronavirus cases spiking across the nation. Last...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Economic leaders seek ways to ease business restrictions

Economic leaders in Durango are looking to piggyback on an effort that started in Mesa County that gives businesses, especially restaurants, more breathing room to operate if they follow strict...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter storm causes chaotic commute for some drivers

An overnight snowstorm made for a chaotic commute Friday morning in Southwest Colorado. La Plata County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Chris Burke said multiple slide-offs, rollovers and minor crashes...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawsuit filed to protect Gunnison sage grouse

Two environmental groups have sued federal land and wildlife agencies claiming they have failed to protect the Gunnison sage grouse from harmful livestock grazing in the Gunnison Basin. The lawsuit...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gun sales up, but do we need more gun ranges in Southwest Colorado?

Residents in Southwest Colorado are buying guns in record numbers this year, but finding places to train and practice shooting are in short supply. Jane Gustafson, co-owner of Good for the Woods,...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado activates municipal drought response for second time ever

The state of Colorado has activated the municipal portion of its emergency drought plan for only the second time in history as several cities say they need to prepare for what is almost certainly...

DATE: Dec. 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County to stay at Level Orange, for now

Montezuma County will remain at Level Orange on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s COVID-19 Dial. The county’s increasing rate of positive cases qualifies for the more...

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

Pandemic cancels sit-down Community Christmas Dinner

The traditional sit-down Community Christmas Dinner in Cortez has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but hot meals will be available. Hope’s Kitchen of the First United Methodist...

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

Colorado’s vaccine plan includes high-stakes delivery road trips

Colorado’s final coronavirus vaccine preparations include practicing for high-stakes delivery road trips There’s security to consider , as well as Interstate 70 traffic and snowstorms. “It’s...

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

Colorado health workers first in line for vaccine; public will wait

The general public in Colorado likely won’t have access to a coronavirus vaccine until the summer of 2021, state officials said Wednesday, though inoculations for health care workers and nursing...

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

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