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Colorado Governor Jared Polis wants to pay grade school students to regularly get tested for COVID-19 this school year; In Southwest Colorado, firefighting efforts on The Willow Fire reached one hundred percent containment on Thursday.

The Colorado Department of Transportation says drivers will finally be able to travel on Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon as soon as this Saturday, marking an end to long detours that started last month after a large mudslide; Colorado hemp farmers are cheering a plan to give them more access to grant money and other benefits.

The federal government declared an official water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time ever, and that means cuts in the water supply; Montezuma County has released a resource guide for residents who are struggling to pay rent or mortgage payments during the pandemic.

The Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage for the lower Colorado River Basin and climate change is making it hard to predict when that might end; The Kwiyagat Academy on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation is still accepting students for its fall academic year.

Colorado secretary of state Jena Griswold has ordered Mesa County to stop using some of its voting equipment, after passwords to the machines were allegedly leaked online; Navajo Nation Leadership met with Utah Governor Spencer Cox last week in Salt Lake City.

Two small wildfires broke out yesterday in the San Juan National Forest; In Southeast Utah, authorities are decreasing or removing fire restrictions on Friday in parts of San Juan, Carbon, Emery, Grand counties.

Mesa Verde National park has a new superintendent; The City of Cortez Planning and Zoning Commission is holding a public meeting next week to adopt the master streets plan; The Mancos Town board will be addressing the 2022 town budget at its next workshop on August 11.

Recent lightning has ignited several small wildfires across the San Juan National Forest; Leftover big game licenses for Colorado go on sale Tuesday, according to the state’s department of parks and wildlife; The San Juan, New Mexico County Fair is coming up.

Toxic algae has been found in two local reservoirs, according to the Montezuma County Public Health Department; Staff from representative Lauren Boebert’s office will be holding mobile office hours for constituents in both Montezuma and Dolores Counties this month.