Colorado sending nearly $2 million to support arts and culture groups around the state
40% of the recipients are based in rural counties
DATE: Sep 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Voters will decide whether to set aside $350 million for Colorado law enforcement
A proposal that would require Colorado lawmakers to allocate $350 million to support law enforcement agencies qualified for the November ballot last Thursday.
If approved, Proposed Initiativ...
DATE: Sep 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado hopes to raise awareness of dementia, start conversations, with new campaign
Dementia touches countless Colorado lives, with Alzheimer’s disease the most common kind and older adults most likely to experience it.
As described by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
DATE: Sep 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado’s plan to trap, relocate wolves ‘did not go well’ for Montana wildlife officials
“What we learned was that the adults did not stay together and pups were abandoned and left to die,” says federal official in charge of wolf translocations in Montana in the 1990s
DATE: Sep 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Supporters of embattled Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams vote to keep him in his job
The faction of the Colorado Republican Party supporting embattled state chair Dave Williams gathered at a church in Castle Rock on Saturday to reaffirm him as the legitimate head of the stat...
DATE: Sep 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Top Colorado GOP leader reports death threats to law enforcement
Hope Scheppelman says investigation is ongoing in La Plata County case
DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New federal report on Colorado bird flu cases urges health agencies to prepare for more infections among farm workers
A new report on July's cluster of human H5 avian flu cases in Colorado urges U.S. public health agencies to be ready to respond to cases in agricultural workers who often have limited access...
DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado to vote on ranked-choice voting, eliminating partisan primaries
Backers of Initiative 310 argue it will help advantage more moderate candidates
DATE: Aug 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
The Blotter, Aug. 29-30
Durango Police Department
Friday
12:41 a.m. A person on the 2600 block of North College Drive was arrested for driving under the influence.
Thursday
10:53 p.m. Eight motorcycles were...
DATE: Aug 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Blotter, Aug. 27-28
Durango Police Department
Wednesday
3:53 a.m. A person at Rotary Park, 1565 East Second Ave., was arrested for trespassing.
2:17 a.m. A man allegedly found under the influence at Mer...
DATE: Aug 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News
Colorado lawmakers pass deal that could see lower property taxes for businesses, homeowners
Colorado’s special legislative session on property taxes has concluded, with the passage of a compromise bill to lower property tax rates and cap revenue growth.
The deal is a source of angs...
DATE: Aug 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Electric vehicles aren’t more likely to ignite, but Colorado firefighters are adapting to the challenge of burning batteries
On Monday, a fiery electric vehicle crash killed a driver and shut down several lanes of Interstate 25. But while the use of battery-powered vehicles is growing in Colorado, safety groups sa...
DATE: Aug 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
