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The Willow Fire is 30 percent contained and fire managers expect full containment in the next few days; An air quality warning has also been put in place for the region from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; Roadwork in Cortez is continuing this week along Highway 160, but it’s all going to be happening overnight.

The Willow Fire burning in the San Juan National Forest is currently at fifty percent containment; Dine College has announced that it will offer a new Native American Studies Minor starting this fall.

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.