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The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 continues to drop in Colorado, but Gov Jared Polis is warning that people who have not gotten their booster shots face a new threat; discussions on the future of the Colorado River have wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the theme of the conference was: urgency.

A powerful winter storm brought snow and wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour to the Four Corners region Tuesday night, causing widespread power outages, and in Shiprock, schools in the Central Consolidated School District were closed Wednesday; The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has sent a progress report to the state legislature on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Communities across the Navajo Nation and the surrounding region are without power after a storm bringing powerful winds moved through the Southwest.

Southwest Colorado has the lowest snowpack in 22 years with about 30% of the normal snow for this time of year, Denver has gone 229 days without measurable snowfall, breaking a record that dates back to 1882, and Christmas tree growers are ready for a big season in 2021.

If you're not someone who gets health benefits from your employer, now's the time to make sure your insurance is in order for next year. That's because it's currently the open enrollment period to sign up for a health plan. In Colorado, the deadline is December 15 to get coverage that starts on the first of the year. On this week's Health and Prevention Report, Lucas Brady Woods speaks with healthcare provider Axis Health Systems to break down the insurance market and why it's important to be covered.

The State of Colorado reached a settlement with mining company Sunnyside Gold Corporation on Monday over the 2015 Gold King Mine spill; The Montezuma County Board of Commissioners and the Dolores County Board of Commissioners are holding a joint meeting on Thursday.

Governor Jared Polis made his first sales pitch to lawmakers Friday for his forty billion dollar budget proposal. And December has arrived, but in much of the West snowfall has not.

Governor Jared Polis and the state’s top disease expert aren’t yet to know whether the state has seen the worst of its latest wave of coronavirus infections. And Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 schools are moving to 4 day school weeks next year.

A newly introduced bill in the US Senate would, if passed, allow some tribal communities along the Colorado River in Arizona to lease their water shares to other parts of the state; A recent University of Utah study found wildfires increased worldwide after many grazing species went extinct thousands of years ago.

Southwest Colorado went from summer to winter in the blink of an eye. But the draw of a powder day also means avalanche danger. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued an avalanche warning for the region on Friday. KOTO's Julia Caulfield talked with CAIC Director Ethan Greene about current conditions.