FOUR CORNERS REPORT: ROADS CLOSED, TRAVEL TO/FROM PAGOSA SPRINGS DIFFICULT

• Colorado 151 is closed south of Chimney Rock
• Two stretches of US 160, both east and west of Pagosa Springs, were closed as of Saturday, according to the Colorado Dept. of Transportation. The agency has not provided a timeline for when the roads will reopen.
• The only way in and out of Pagosa Springs is via U.S. 84, which will route drivers through New Mexico, significantly increasing travel times. That highway was also damaged in the floods, and two areas were being repaired and stabilized, CDOT officials said. Drivers will encounter flagging personnel, or temporary light signals guiding traffic.

DENVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT WILL USE AI TO EXPEDITE REVIEWS

LEGENDARY AMERICAN BIRKEBEINER COMING TO COLORADO

LOVELAND & COPPER MOUNTAIN BOTH OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND

WESTERN COLORADO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PROVIDES $82,500 IN GRANTS

• Aspen Valley Land Trust, for Silt River Preserve habitat restoration
• Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, for dust-on-snow and hydroclimate monitoring
• Colorado Canyons Association, for the Canyon Club
• Colorado Pheasants and Quail Forever, for Snyder Wildfire restoration
• D51 Foundation, for Mesa County Valley School District 51’s Outdoor Wilderness Lab (OWL)
• EUREKA! McConnell Science Museum, for environmental and outdoor education for Spanish-speaking families
• National Forest Foundation, for a Lands End Observatory infrastructure update
• Partners Youth Mentoring of Delta, Montrose and Ouray, for Adventure Partners
• RiversEdge West, for the River Stewardship and Education Program
• Riverside Education Centers, for Seeds to Summits: Planting Opportunities for Outdoor Student RECreation
• Colorado Mesa University’s Ruth Powell Hutchins Water Center, for the Colorado Water Fellows Program
• Two Rivers Wildfire Coalition, for the Neighborhood Ambassador Program
• Western Slope Conservation Center, for The Next 25 Years of River Watch

MESA COUNTY WOMEN’S GIVING CLUB GIVES OUT ITS MILLIONTH DOLLAR

MONTROSE COMMUNITY DINNERS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR THANKSGIVING

EAGLE WATER & SANITATION TO RAISE RATES TO COVER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

ECONOMY SHOWS MORE STRENGTH: 165,000 JOBS ADDED, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS

PRIVATE COMPANIES ADDED 86,000 JOBS IN OCTOBER, SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN EXPECTED

• Trade, transportation and utilities led with 39,000 new jobs, while education and health services added 28,000, and leisure and hospitality contributed 19,000.
• Other sectors showing gains included financial activities (15,000), construction (13,000), and other services (10,000).
• However, some of the gains were offset by a decline of 27,000 in professional and business services and a loss of 8,000 in natural resources and mining.
• Information services, a sector potentially impacted by the artificial intelligence buildout, lost 2,000 jobs.
• Salaries continued to show gains, particularly for those changing jobs — those workers saw a 4.8 percent annual gain. A report Tuesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the number of people quitting their job, a sign of labor market mobility, hit its highest level since March 2025.
• Workers overall saw a 3.2 percent base pay gain, while gross pay increased 4.7 percent annually. Pay for those staying in their jobs rose 3 percent.
• Companies with between 50 and 499 workers added 33,000 jobs. Large businesses added 24,000, while small firms increased rolls by 28,000.

COLORADO'S NIGHT SKIES TO FEATURE 'CAN'T MISS CELESTIAL EVENT,' MULTIPLE METEOR SHOWERS & A SUPERMOON

• Northern Taurid Meteor Shower: The Northern Taurid Meteor Shower is a “can’t miss celestial event” this year. The meteor shower will peak on the night of Nov. 12, offering shooting stars from sunset through sunrise. Since the peak of the Northern Taurid Meteor Shower coincides with a crescent moon that sets early in the evening, meteors should shine bright against the dark sky.

• The Leonid Meteor Shower, which peaks on the night of Nov. 17, is expected to offer between 10 and 15 meteors per hour, but the moon will be two-thirds full that night so the fainter shooting stars may not be visible. The best time to see this meteor shower is expected to be around 11 p.m.
• The Alpha-Monocerotids Meteor Shower will peak on the night of Nov. 21, though it’s one for the “late-night owl” or earliest of birds since it is expected to be best around 4 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 22. It may be harder to see because it is an “ambiguous” shower with meteors that appear in bursts, rather than throughout the night. The moon will also be more than 90 percent full that night.
• November Orionid Meteor Shower will peak on the night of Nov. 28 with about three to five meteors per hour. The meteor shower’s radiant point will be the constellation Orion, which will become visible on the eastern horizon around 6:35 p.m., but the moon will also be bright that night.

• On the night of Nov. 24, a supermoon that appears about 7 percent larger than normal will rise in Colorado’s skies. November’s full moon is traditionally known as the Beaver Moon. A supermoon is a full moon that happens when the moon is at or near its closest point to Earth in its oval-shaped orbit, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Supermoons typically occur three to four times a year.
• In November, stargazers should also look for Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, which will return to the night sky around this time of year. This open star cluster — or a group of up to a few thousand stars formed together and are about the same age — is located in the constellation Taurus. Because the seven brightest stars in the Seven Sisters form a shape similar to the Big Dipper and Little Dipper, the star cluster is also sometimes informally referred to as the “mini dipper.” To find the Seven Sisters, start by scanning the east-northeast horizon, looking for a patch of “dim brightness” that looks like a “smudge” about the same size as a full moon. Look just to the left of the right of the “smudge” and the seven sisters will become visible.