Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to cover college tuition for the state’s foster youth. And Colorado has launched a new bus service connecting the Front Range to the mountains.

Thousands of Coloradans are getting ready to flock to the mountains for the long Memorial Day Weekend, and meteorologists say travelers should be vigilant about increased fire danger. And leaders from the Navajo Nation, the federal government and the state of Utah signed a water rights agreement on Friday.

Local Roma-inspired band Carute Roma will soon be releasing their newest album, Roma Road - with release parties in Durango and Mancos next week.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has issued an executive order he says will help residents endure the nationwide shortage of baby formula. Governor Polis also signed a bill on Wednesday he says will prevent people from dying of fentanyl poisoning.

A controversial proposal to bring water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County is now unlikely to become a reality. And the Perins Peak fire broke out late Tuesday just northwest of Durango.

Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to mail Colorado taxpayers a refund check in August. And the birth rate in Utah is quickly falling, according to a new report from the Utah Foundation focusing on the state's investment in the next generation.

Colorado is preparing to spend one point five million dollars on a variety of programs aimed at getting youth from underserved communities into the great outdoors. And a federal judge has vacated a plan for drilling and fracking in the North Fork and Thompson Divide areas of Colorado.

A new bill in the U.S. House aims to expand the use of data to understand and manage water nationwide. And a domestic cat in San Miguel County has tested positive for the plague, but there have been no human cases to-date.

Colorado is experiencing another uptick in coronavirus cases. And a new Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives will be housed in the Colorado Department of Public Safety.

COVID-19 cases are increasing once again in Southwest Colorado, but the spread is different this time around. For one, the cases are more difficult to track. But people here in Montezuma County are still getting sick, and dying.