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A group advising Colorado lawmakers on how to spend four hundred million dollars of federal aid on affordable housing has started voting on WHICH projects should get funding; The Colorado Department of Transportation says the final lane on I-70 through Glenwood Canyon should reopen within the next week.

The head of Colorado’s department of transportation says the state will not get as much of a boost from the recently passed federal infrastructure package as the White House is advertising; The intensive care unit at Southwest Health System in Cortez remains at capacity, and includes a handful of COVID-19 patients.

Colorado needs an above-average snowpack this year to recover from two exceptionally dry summers; Cortez-based backpack manufacturing company Osprey Packs is going to be bought by another company; The city of Cortez has officially sworn in a new municipal Judge.

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act introduced in the Senate to address the lack of competition in the meat packing industry, beekeepers work to control Varroa mites and the diseases they carry, USDA continues to payout millions of dollars to producers who may not have benefited from the initial aid offered following the corona virus pandemic.

In northwest New Mexico, San Juan Regional Medical Center will now be offering monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 patients seven days a week; Mesa Verde National Park is seeking public comment on the restoration of one of the park’s archaeological sites.

Economists at the state Capitol say Colorado’s financial recovery continues to beat expectations despite uncertainty caused by the omicron variant. And Delta Airlines will be ending their flight service to the Grand Junction airport on January 9th.

Americans are eating at home more through the pandemic, why higher land prices concern farmers, and why a new Green Revolution based on soil resilience is important right now.

Water agencies from three western states and the federal government have signed a deal to leave extra water in Lake Mead, a reservoir that supplies water throughout the Southwest. And there was additional police presence on the Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school district building Friday, due to a nationwide social media threat.

The brightest comet of the year will be visible this weekend before it shoots out of our solar system forever.

Mental-health challenges are on the rise in Colorado, according to a new report; An avalanche watch remained in place late Monday for the South San Juan Mountains.