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‘Biggest project’ about to break ground in Southwest Colorado

$100M realignment of U.S. Highway 550 will connect ‘Bridge to Nowhere’

July 18, 2020

Travel

Epic travel disasters to take the edge off your wanderlust

If “The Odyssey” by Homer is the original travel disaster story, it’s also proof that readers love a tale of…

July 18, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

What Americans need to know about the EU travel ban

Hoekman, a retired dentist from Brooklyn, Michigan, owns a rental property in Friedenweiler, in the southern Black Forest. “I wanted…

July 18, 2020

Travel

Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surge in Florida

Guests required to wear masks June 16 because of the coronavirus stroll through the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment…

July 13, 2020

Travel

United warns 36,000 workers they could be laid off

Airline losing about $40 million a day

July 12, 2020

Local News

New ELHI director sees bright future for community center

Allison Leath arrives in Ignacio after life-changing adventure

July 9, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

Can airlines make passengers wear masks?

It didn’t happen. A crew member didn’t even seem to notice that they were unmasked, he says. “At no time…

July 8, 2020

Travel

In Russia and Ukraine, no social distance on crowded beaches

Desperate for a break from the confinement of months-long lockdowns, few wear masks or try to maintain social distance as…

July 6, 2020

Travel

The future of travel, according to guidebook writer Rick Steves

Author, TV show host says virus can put dreams on hold, but it can’t crush them

July 4, 2020

Travel

EU reopens its borders to 14 nations but not to U.S. tourists

A woman walks her dog April 7 on a Paris bridge, with the Eiffel tower in background, during a nationwide…

June 30, 2020

Travel

Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home

Cod Cove Inn owners Ted and Jill Hugger show a draft of a compliance form June 10 that inn owners…

June 27, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

Social distancing doesn’t work on crowded planes

“The plane was packed, with nearly every row seated,” said Wilkov, a brand marketing consultant who lives in New York.…

June 27, 2020

Travel

U.S. citizens likely to be left out as Europe reopens borders

A TUI X3 2312 Duesseldorf-Mallorca flight passenger talks to the press at Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Mallorca,…

June 24, 2020

Travel

Heading to these three states? Quarantine might be in the cards

Tourist Ines Tshiyomba, center, poses as her friend Garethe Mawonso takes her photo on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.…

June 24, 2020

Travel

Theme parks hope the thrill is not gone

Carefree days giving way to virus safeguards

June 20, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

Would-be vacationers approach summer travel cautiously

Annie Gofus, a Washington, D.C., travel agent who founded the site Wunderbird, isn’t going anywhere. She’s worried not just for…

June 20, 2020

Travel

As business trickles back, hotels compete on cleanliness

A Marriott employee uses an electrostatic sprayer to clean public areas at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in New York. Marriott,…

June 13, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

Too sick to fly: Should airlines offer refunds to infectious passengers?

Airline policies are unfairly rigid when it comes to infectious diseases. Unless you bought a fully refundable ticket, carriers will…

June 9, 2020

Travel

Tourist rescued after being trapped 6 days in well in Bali

In this photo released by Indonesian National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers carry Ukrainian man Roberts Jacob Matthews on…

June 8, 2020

Travel

French Quarter sans tourists: ‘An old neighborhood again’

A bar is boarded-up May 20 at a Bourbon Street intersection in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Bars have been closed…

June 6, 2020

Travel

National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures

Visitors watch as Old Faithful erupts May 18 on the day Yellowstone National Park partially reopened after a two-month shutdown…

May 30, 2020

Travel

What happens to your loyalty program after the pandemic?

So she was excited when American Airlines recently announced that it had extended elite status that had been granted for…

May 29, 2020

Travel

Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry

U.S. Air Force KC-46 tankers being built by Boeing sit parked April 7 at the Paine Field airport in Everett,…

May 27, 2020

Travel

People are wearing hazmat suits on planes, but should they?

Qatar Airways announced May 18 it would require its cabin crew to wear disposable personal protective equipment as well as…

May 25, 2020