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Tensions rise with restaurant closures in Durango

A Durango restaurant that refused to close to in-person dining in defiance of a public health order in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 was issued a cease-and-desist order Tuesday. As the...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officials say snow-loving ptarmigan resilient to climate change

DENVER – A bird that roosts in the snow high in the U.S. Rocky Mountains is expected to survive warming temperatures over the next several decades and therefore won’t be getting special...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 outbreak reported at Hilltop House

The Hilltop House community corrections center in Durango has at least 15 residents and four staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19, causing a host of other issues associated with the...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado legislature figures out how to reinstate extended unemployment benefits

As a special unemployment benefit ended abruptly over the weekend, the state legislature this week took a stab at bringing it back. The problem was the expiration of the extra 13 weeks of State...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Polis: Prison won’t be prioritized for a coronavirus vaccine

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis forcefully denied criticism that Colorado’s plan for prioritizing allocation of coronavirus vaccines will place incarcerated individuals ahead of...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

The reason coronavirus came roaring back in Colorado

In early November, as Colorado’s coronavirus case numbers surged to levels that now threaten the state’s hospital capacity and could lead to thousands more deaths before the end of the year, Gov....

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Poll: Coronavirus-wary Colorado skiers are willing to sit out a season

Since 2006, Magellan Strategies has polled voters, helping to measure Colorado’s political winds. Last month they turned their analysis to skiers, asking a mountain of questions about the...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers water down counties’ requirement for aid

Colorado’s three-day special legislative session finished Wednesday with lawmakers watering down one of the most contentious parts of their $200 million-plus package aimed at providing economic...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado public health agencies lay out plans for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Public health agencies throughout Colorado are laying out plans for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine in both urban and rural areas as several vaccine candidates seek emergency authorization from the...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

22nd Judicial District in Cortez holds court remotely

The 22nd Judicial District has implemented an order to conduct all court cases remotely because of the increase in COVID-19 cases in Montezuma and Dolores counties. Until further notice, criminal...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Investigation: 52 priests in Colorado, including iconic Father Woody, abused 212 victims

Editor’s note: This story contains explicit descriptions of sexual assault. By Jesse Paul and Jennifer Brown The Colorado Sun Investigators digging into child sex abuse in Colorado’s three Catholic...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers demand counties comply with COVID-19 restrictions to access aid

Colorado lawmakers are trying to use coronavirus relief dollars as a way to persuade counties to follow Gov. Jared Polis’ COVID-19 restrictions. A bipartisan bill that won preliminary approval on...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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