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Author - The Durango Herald

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State to pay $2M a year to keep gold mine site clean

SUMMITVILLE â€“ The state of Colorado is set to take on the $2 million a year financial burden of a cyanide gold mine that became an environmental disaster. The Denver Post report...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Off-duty Colorado officer holds Wyoming teen at gunpoint

JACKSON, Wyo. – Jackson police are investigating after an off-duty officer from Colorado pulled a gun on a teenager who was running to a bus stop. The Jackson Hole News and Guide ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man survives lightning strike after girlfriend performs CPR

BOULDER – A Colorado man has been released from the hospital after he was struck by lightning over the weekend while camping. Isaiah Cormier, who was released Monday, thanked his ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI agent charged in shooting while dancing gets gun back

DENVER – An FBI agent accused of accidentally dropping and firing his gun while dancing at a Denver nightspot, hitting a bystander in the leg, can carry his weapon again. A judge ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coroner: Everest disaster survivor died from head fractures

ASPEN – Authorities say a survivor of the deadly 1996 Mount Everest expedition died from severe cranial fractures after falling about three stories in Telluride. The Aspen Times r...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New University of Wyoming slogan draws criticism

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Some are raising objections to a planned marketing campaign for the University of Wyoming, calling the slogan sexist, racist and counterproductive to the university’s recruit...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe National Forest’s closure order to be lifted Monday

ALBUQUERQUE – The Santa Fe National Forest is expected to lift the closure order and stage 2 fire restrictions on Monday. The forest entered full closure on June 1 for public safe...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nearly 7,000 unaffiliated Colorado voters’ ballots rejected

DENVER – Nearly 7,000 unaffiliated voters in this year’s primary elections in Colorado had their ballots rejected because they did not follow the rules. Of the 293,153 unaffiliate...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Money raised for firefighter with face burns

LOS ANGELES – An online fundraiser for a California firefighter seriously injured in one of the many blazes burning in the state has raised nearly $30,000. A Gofundme page has rai...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews build containment around destructive California fires

LOS ANGELES – Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires burning in California on Sunday, though one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state gr...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: UNM ranks No. 1 in nation’s schools for vehicle thefts

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico reportedly ranks among the top schools in the country for vehicle thefts. The Albuquerque Journal reports UNM had 140 stolen vehicles or...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets 32 years for fatal strangling in southern Colorado

PUEBLO – A Colorado man who strangled another man to death has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. The Pueblo Chieftain reports 39-year-old Michael Mills was sentenced Friday fo...

DATE: Jul 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News