PARACHUTE—The town of Parachute is once again going to bat for local businesses that are still struggling financially due to COVID-19. The town is offering a third round of grant funding through the Business Interim Relief Program.  Town Manager Stuart McArthur says businesses can apply for a grant of up to $1,000.00. He says the ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS—How many people in Garfield County have died from COVID-19? The exact number isn’t known yet. Garfield County is reporting six while the state health department’s count is now up to 11.  Public Health Specialist Carrie Godes says the higher number may be correct but it has not been verified by Garfield County Coroner ...

DENVER (AP) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joined the nation’s top infectious disease expert and urged people to wear masks and socially distance to prevent stay-at-home orders and overwhelmed hospitals as cases of the coronavirus surge during the holidays. Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Tuesday that Colorado isn’t alone in seeing a spike in cases. He ...

DENVER (AP) – Colorado’s Democrat-led Legislature is plowing ahead on special session legislation to provide limited state relief to businesses, students and others affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats have overcome Republican objections to the scope of the aid and GOP attempts to limit the Democratic governor’s ability to decree public health orders. The Senate ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS—The Garfield County Board of Commissioners feel they’ve been unfairly blamed for prioritizing money over public health. Commission Chairman John Martin says for the official record, the county is compiling all the e-mails and phone messages from concerned and even angry citizens. He says some of the comments are misguided and misinformed. Martin says ...

DENVER (AP) – Colorado lawmakers went back to work today for a special session called by by Gov. Jared Polis to pass bills offering sales tax relief and state grants to small businesses, tenants and public school districts affected by the pandemic. Legislators have unveiled bills offering a combined $280 million to help small firms ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS—Garfield County’s COVID-19 count continues to climb. Between November 15th and the 28th, 610 people tested positive for the virus. That raises the average to over 43 cases per day. The total count is now up to 2,191.  Statewide, over 230 thousand COVID-19 cases have been reported with more than 3,000 deaths.  While local ...

Despite pleas from the Board of County Commissioners, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment moved Garfield County to the orange high-risk level due to an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. The CDPHE did compromise though, allowing a number of variances to remain in place; Instead of a 25% seating capacity for restaurants and ...

Glenwood Springs—Animal control is being dropped by the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Lou Vallario was forced to cut the half-million-dollar program from his 2021 budget.  He says when he decided to cut the popular program it was painful.  He brought the program back in 2004.  “It’s been hugely successful in the county. Everything from ...

DENVER— DENVER (AP) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has announced a special COVID-19 legislative session to discuss a $220 million stimulus package to aid bars, restaurants, tenants, landlords and students. Polis says it includes tax relief for restaurants and bars affected by capacity limits, funds for child-care providers, rental assistance for tenants and landlords and ...

ENGLEWOOD (AP) – The new general manager of the Denver Broncos is 14-year Minnesota Vikings executive George Paton. He will report to John Elway who is keeping his title as president of football operations as he transitions out of the GM role he’s had for the last decade. Paton was among five candidates who interviewed ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in another short night, and the Denver Nuggets reached .500 for the first time this season with a 114-89 victory over the New York Knicks last night. The Nuggets opened 1-4 after reaching the Western Conference finals last season, but have ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ninth-ranked UCLA will not play Colorado this afternoon because the Bruins do not have enough healthy players. Coach Cori Close says the Bruins will not meet the Pac-12 Conference’s minimum of seven healthy scholarship players ahead of the game. UCLA is hoping to reschedule the game for later in the season. ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Jamal Murray scored a season-high 36 points, Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 124-109 on Sunday night. Murray kept Denver afloat while Jokic dealt with early foul trouble for the second straight game. ...

DENVER (AP) – The Las Vegas Raiders rallied to beat the Denver Broncos 32-31 on Darren Waller’s 2-point conversion catch with 27 seconds left. Josh Jacobs’ 1-yard TD run had brought the Raiders within a point. The Raiders won despite committing four turnovers to a Broncos team that had managed just a dozen takeaways coming ...

DENVER (AP) – Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 18 assists and 12 rebounds for the 42nd triple-double of his career, and the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Houston Rockets 124-111 for their first win of the season. Jamal Murray added 21 points before leaving with 4:05 remaining in the third quarter after a collision in ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – David Roddy had 19 points and 13 rebounds to lift Colorado State to a 75-53 win over Fresno State. Orlando Robinson led the Bulldogs with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – James Akinjo had 22 points and eight assists, lifting Arizona to an 88-74 win over Colorado. Arizona showed no signs for rust following a six-day layoff, shooting 53% while making 8 of 17 from the 3-point arc. Jemarl Baker added 14 points to help the Wildcats improve to 10-0 all-time against ...

(AP) – Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger is the last of the Longhorns’ 2020 season captains still standing. The others have either opted out of playing the Alamo Bowl against Colorado or will miss the game for an injury. Ehlinger has yet to decide if he will return for 2021. Ehlinger already ranks among the school’s ...

At 20 years old Colton Fritlan wants to be the best bull rider who ever lived. He’s coming off a very successful week at the National Finals Rodeo in Texas where he took third place and was named the average champion for bull riding consistency. He says bull riding is in his blood it’s a ...