REPORT DETAILS ACCIDENT THAT KILLED CYCLIST

DURANGO» A State Patrol report indicated the driver of a pickup was speeding when he struck and killed a professional bicyclist.

The truck was traveling 65 mph in a 35 mph zone at the time of the March 4 accident that killed Benjamin Sonntag, 39.

No charges were filed as of Wednesday against the driver, 19-year-old Cordell Schneider of Durango.

Drugs and alcohol are not suspected as contributing factors.

The report indicates Sonntag was on the wrong side of County Road 105 as Schneider’s Ford Ranger truck approached him.

Southern Ute Indian

Tribe issues stay-at-home advisory because of coronavirus. The Southern

Ute Indian Tribe issued a stay-at-home advisory Monday night because of the coronavirus.

The 1,064-square-mile reservation is in three counties — La Plata, Archuleta and Montezuma. The tribe’s headquarters is in Ignacio, and a seven-member Tribal Council governs the tribe, according to its website. Half the tribe’s population is under age 30.

One killed in house fire. AURORA» One person was killed in a house fire late Tuesday night, and fire officials were investigating the cause.

The victim’s identity has not been released. Four dogs and two cats survived the fire, said Lt. Laure Bridges, Aurora Fire Rescue spokeswoman. The fire department responded to reports of a house fire after 10:30 p.m. in the 16000 block of East Flora Place, according to a fire department news release.

Apartment fire damages three units; no one injured. An apartment fire in southeast Denver on Wednesday damaged three units, and firefighters brought the blaze under control in about 30 minutes.There were no injuries. Firefighters were dispatched about 2:40 p.m. to the Stone Creek Village Apartments, 9825 E. Girard Ave., on a two-alarm fire, said Capt. Greg Pixley, a department spokesman.