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It’s still too early for Western Colorado University officials to determine the exact amount of financial loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but leaders are making efforts to cushion some of the losses with help from the state. University president Greg Salsbury penned a letter to Gov. Jared Polis late April to consider a “separate dispensation” of funds for the school In the letter, Salisbury noted the disadvantage Western has as a “small, rural” schools when it comes to ho...