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Community Foundation disburses pandemic recovery money to nonprofits
$300,000 went to 91 nonprofits in Southwest Colorado counties
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Colorado seeks to bolster fentanyl fight amid overdose crisis
Fentanyl is finding its way into other products, as well. Heroin, cocaine and even marijuana are being laced with the deadly opioid, the Albuquerque Journal reports. (Drug Enforcement Administration via…
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Colorado Rockies, plains pummeled by powerful wind storm
DENVER – High winds whipped across the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, knocking out power, closing roads and highways and forcing the cancellation or delay of hundreds of flights. The National…
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Storm knocks out power to thousands of homes on Navajo, Hopi reservations
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Residents across the Navajo Nation were without power Wednesday after a storm that packed powerful wind moved across the region. Navajo Tribal Utility Authority spokeswoman Deenise…
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Trucker gets 110 years in prison for fatal Colorado pileup
Workers clear debris from the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 on April 26, 2019, in Lakewood, after a deadly pileup involving a semitrailer hauling lumber. A truck driver who was…
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Veteran reunited with bracelet stolen during World War II
These items belong to Joe Esquibel and were stolen in Czechoslovakia during World War II. They were recently returned to him. (Courtesy of U.S. Embassy Prague)Courtesy U.S. Embassy Prague DENVER…
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Weekly planner for Dec. 13-17
0123 calendarcca Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.bayfieldgov.org or call 884-9544. Town…
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‘Panther’ the cat rescued after dayslong utility pole perch
Aurora firefighters rescue Panther, a local cat who’s been stuck on top of a 36-foot-high light pole for days, possibly four days on Friday in Aurora. (Philip B. Poston/Sentinel Colorado…
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Indigenous name change approved for Colorado mountain
A federal panel on geographical names has approved the renaming of a Colorado peak after a Cheyenne woman who facilitated relations between white settlers and Native American tribes in the…
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Denver sees first snowfall after breaking 87-year-old record
A woman walks her dog after a storm swept over the region and deposited the first snow of the season Friday in Denver. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)David Zalubowski Denver finally saw…
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The Blotter
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Wednesday 4:22 a.m. A woman reported that a man was coming to her house and harassing her in the 3700 block of West Second Avenue.…
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New Region 9 board member appointed
The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has announced a new board member. Tommy Crosby was approved at Region 9’s September board of directors meeting to become Durango’s…
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Rocky Mountain National Park ranger, driver hurt in shootout
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A shootout during a traffic stop at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park wounded a ranger and one of two suspects who were involved in an…
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Fourth teen charged in suburban Denver high school shooting
Edgar James, front center, battles with tears as he hugs his daughter, Mia, front right, and his wife, Olga Aguirre, front left, as they are reunited outside Hinkley High School…
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Region 9 now Rural Jump-Start program sponsoring entity
The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado was approved by the Colorado Economic Development Commission to sponsor business applications to the State for Rural Jump-Start program, which incentivizes…
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2 skiers die at Colorado resort in just over a week
BOULDER – A 60-year-old skier died after crashing into a tree at Eldora Mountain in northern Colorado, the second death at the resort in about a week. Boulder County sheriff’s…
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Audit: Colorado paid $73 million in bogus unemployment aid
DENVER – A state audit has found that Colorado likely or potentially paid $73.1 million in fraudulent unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic’s first year, including $3.9 million on behalf…
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Meticulous restoration underway at Air Force Academy chapel
U.S. Air Force Academy campus architect Duane Boyle stands amid 14 floors of scaffolding inside the Cadet Chapel on the campus Nov. 18 at U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado…
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Weekly planner for Dec. 6-10
0123 calendarcca Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.bayfieldgov.org or call 884-9544. Town…
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Passenger jumps out of plane taxiing at Phoenix airport
PHOENIX – A passenger on an arriving Southwest Airlines flight taxiing at Phoenix’s main airport opened a galley door, jumped out and ran to an airport fire station where he…
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Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March, is led into a courtroom for a hearing Sept. 7 in Boulder. Experts have found…
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Where’s the snow? Rockies winter starts with a whimper
The downtown Denver skyline is seen on Friday. The Mile High City has already shattered its 87-year-old record for the latest measurable snowfall set on Nov. 21, 1934, and it’s…
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Fundraiser organized for deputy who lost home in fire
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tiana Mihalich lost her home Tuesday in an early morning fire north of Ignacio. She rescued her animals, but fire crews were unable to…
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Colorado panel issues guidelines for injecting ketamine
Colorado’s health department says emergency workers should not use a condition involving erratic behavior by people as a reason to inject them with the drug ketamine. Most states and ambulance…
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Chronolog technology helps to monitor landscape
Citizen science effort uses cellphones to create time-lapse photography of sensitive areas
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Navajo police chief leaves for same job in hometown in N.M.
Navajo Nation Police Chief Phillip Francisco is stepping down from the tribal police department to become police chief in Bloomfield, New Mexico, starting in January. (Felicia Fonseca/Associated Press)Felicia Fonseca FLAGSTAFF,…
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Skier dies in collision with snowboarder at Colorado resort
BOULDER – An investigation is underway after a 72-year-old skier died in a collision with a snowboarder at Eldora Mountain in northern Colorado. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say the crash…
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5 young people wounded near party in suburban Denver; 3rd shooting in two weeks
Blotter lightscca AURORA – Police are investigating whether a shooting that wounded five young people in suburban Denver was connected to a party nearby. Five males between the ages of…
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Weekly planner for Nov. 29-Dec. 3
0123 calendarcca Information and agendas about local meetings: City of Durango: www.durangogov.org or call 375-5000. La Plata County: www.co.laplata.co.us or call 382-6210. Town of Bayfield: www.bayfieldgov.org or call 884-9544. Town…
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Corn meal, whiskey help save Ute Mountain Ute Farm and Ranch
Bins store the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Farm & Ranch’s grain as Shiprock stands in the distant background.Jessie O’Brien/Special to the Herald TOWAOC (AP) – Drought in much of the…