From the Newsroom | Even at 50% capacity, Colorado restaurants concerned; Drug Task Force arrests 15, seizes drugs

Voters encouraged to drop ballots off

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RESTAURANTS REMAIN APPREHENSIVE: The Colorado Restaurant Association has been compiling information based on monthly surveys sent out to restaurant owners. Even with outdoor seating and takeout/delivery during the pandemic, and now with dine-in returning, over half of Colorado restaurants that took the survey said they will permanently close within three months. IT'S ELM BUG SEASON: Are small beetles appearing in and around your house? They're most likely elm seed bugs, emerging this season to feed on Siberian elms. If you squash them, they will let off a strange odor people have described as similar to "bitter almonds." They won't hurt you or your plants, but can be a household nuisance. 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DRUG TASK FORCE UPDATE: Since January, there have been arrests of 15 suspects and the seizure of three pounds of illegal narcotics. Methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and black market marijuana were part of the haul during the first half of the year.   INVEST IN YOUR LOCAL JOURNALISM Just $1.99 per week - Become a member of your community today.

Secretary of state urges voters to drop ballots off Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold encourages Coloradans to return their statewide primary ballot by drop box rather than through the mail. Read More Montrose Regional Library reopens this week with some limitations The Montrose Regional Library District announced Monday Phase 3 of its reopening plan, the limited reopening of facilities, effective immediately. Read More 'They tortured them:' Purported sect leader Ceus to spend decades in prison for role in Norwood child deaths Purported religious leader Madani Ceus set in motion the 2017 events that led to the starvation deaths of sisters Makayla Roberts and Hannah Marshall, the sentencing judge said Friday, in imposing two consecutive 32-year prison terms. Read More

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