DENVER (AP) – Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second consecutive year in 2021. It’s the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from…
Protesters shout as they join thousands marching around the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision June 24 in Phoenix. Arizona’s…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Sunday 1:38 a.m. A man and a woman were fighting in the 2200 block of Main Avenue. 9:31 a.m. A man was stealing money from…
Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in Roe raises questions about equity rights
Spectators watch as fireworks explode overhead during the Fourth of July celebration at Pioneer Park, on July 4, 2013, in Prescott, Ariz. The skies over a scattering of Western cities…
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With tear gas in the air, a large number of police surround the Arizona Capitol after protesters reached the front of the Senate building after the Supreme Court overturned the…
Arizona Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, left, speaks during a news conference after the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision as Center for Arizona Policy…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Wednesday 12:33 p.m. A man in a trash can was talking to himself behind Alpine Bank, 1099 Main Ave. 6:39 p.m. Someone reported that speakers…
Flowers, flags and notes cover a patrol car and bike outside Arvada City Hall, on June 22, 2021, in Arvada, during a memorial for slain Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley,…
Hot shot crew members keep an eye on the blaze as fire crews ignite the underbrush off Forest Road 545B in an effort to contain the Pipeline Fire near Flagstaff,…
Blotter lightscca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Monday 3:41 a.m. A man was assaulted on South Camino del Rio. 8:58 a.m. Someone reported a stolen car on Davidson Creek Road.…
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold speaks during a news conference about the the state’s efforts to protect the process of casting a vote on Oct. 15, 2020, in downtown…
Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument is seen on May 8, 2017, in Utah. Federal officials and tribal nations signed a document on Saturday, June 18, 2022, that formally…
Clela Rorex, who was elected and served as Boulder County clerk and recorder in the 1970s, stands outside the offices of then-County Clerk Hillary Hall, in Boulder on July 2,…
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Street Enforcement Team supervisor Scott Lawson, left, talks with a person experiencing homelessness at a campsite near the corner of Umatilla Street and 13th Avenue in Denver on June 9.…
iAM MUSIC will host an outdoor festival Saturday at Buckley Park. (Durango Herald file)du1-i-syn iAM Music will host a summer music festival and late show at 5 and 9 p.m.…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Wednesday 8:01 a.m. A vehicle was sideswiped by another vehicle near River Road and Escalante Drive. 1:58 p.m. A man was refusing to leave the…
This Monday, June 13, 2022, photo provided by Wendy Pettay shows flames twinkling on a mountain on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona. More favorable wind aided firefighters battling the blaze…
A free-ranging wild horse crosses the range near U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. In Colorado, federal authorities have moved up an operation to remove hundreds of wild horses from…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Sunday 3:13 a.m. A 30-year-old woman was assaulted in the 2400 block of Arroyo Drive. 3:16 p.m. Two men were fighting in the 200 block…
GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say a 52-year-old man ran out of water and died while mountain biking in intense heat in western Colorado. Mesa County Sheriff’s officials say three other…
Smoke from blaze near Flagstaff causes hazy skies in Colorado
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A pair of hikers stand in the hole in the rock at Papago Park on Friday in Phoenix. The National Weather Service in Phoenix reported a temperature of 114 degrees…
DENVER – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday appointed an official to monitor this month’s primary election in a county where the clerk made copies of voting system…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Thursday 1:18 a.m. An intoxicated man hit someone in the leg and stomach in the 3100 block of Main Avenue. 6:52 a.m. A man refused…
A jogger runs along a desert path in Papago Park as temperatures hit 110-degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press)Ross D. Franklin Scorching temperatures…
Tributes cover the temporary fence around the King Soopers grocery store in which 10 people died in a mass shooting in late March on April 23, 2021, in Boulder. The…
