Devon Erickson appears in court at the Douglas County Courthouse in Castle Rock in 2019. Erickson, one of the suspects in a fatal attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch in…
As part of Be Bear Smart Month at the Pine River Library, Bear Smart Durango will host a bird-feeder exchange from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the library,…
Owners of taxable personal property may challenge the La Plata County assessor’s valuation of their personal property from Tuesday to June 30. The value determined by the assessor is based…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis enters the House of Representatives chamber in Denver. Activists say they’ve gathered enough voter signatures to challenge a law signed by Polis that would pledge Colorado’s…
DENVER – Police officers shot a man suspected of firing shots into a vehicle after he allegedly threatened them with a gun on Sunday, police said. The man in his…
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A backcountry skier died Sunday after losing control and sliding about 400 feet on a snowfield and into rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park, authorities…
Fire-mitigation work in Dalla Mountain Park will begin Tuesday and continue through fall. Crews with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control will consolidate existing piles of previously cut…
Peter Jamieson reached the world’s highest point twice in the 1980s
La Plata County Economic Development Alliance will host an in-person and virtual membership meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Fort Lewis College Innovation Center in Main Mall. The meeting…
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…
Devon Erickson appears in court at the Douglas County Courthouse in Castle Rock in 2019. Erickson, one of the suspects in a fatal attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch in…
PHOENIX – Dangerously hot temperatures are on the way throughout the Southwest. An excessive heat warning prompted health officials in Arizona to reschedule outdoor COVID-19 vaccination operations, fire officials to…
La Plata Open Space Conservancy will host a weed mitigation workshop Saturday, June 19, as part of its Southwest Stewardship Series, funded by Great Outdoors Colorado. La Plata County’s Weed…
Blotter lightscca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 8:05 a.m. Mail theft was reported in the area of County Road 328. 12:36 p.m. A suspicious man kept coming to someone’s…
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The number of new coronavirus cases on the Navajo Nation remained low Friday while the tribe reported no additional deaths. The figures bring the total number…
San Juan National Forest has proposed changes to the management, operations and fee structure associated with Chimney Rock National Monument. Significant capital improvements, coupled with increased visitation and other changed…
San Juan Basin Public Health will offer vaccine clinics six days per week, in partnership with Jogan Health Solutions, to maximize convenience for residents to get vaccinated for COVID-19. All…
A property tax exemption is available for tax year 2021, affecting taxes payable in 2022, for 100% of service-disabled veterans and surviving spouses of those who previously qualified. Veterans must…
A property tax exemption is available for tax year 2021, affecting taxes payable in 2022 for qualifying seniors and surviving spouses of those who previously qualified. Seniors must be 65…
La Plata County Commissioner Clyde Church will hold office hours by telephone from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, instead of in-person, in an effort to follow public health guidelines about…
John Kellner, 18th Judicial district attorney, makes a point during a news conference Thursday in Centennial. Three agencies – the district attorney’s office, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Wednesday 8:30 a.m. A woman’s vehicle was keyed in the 3800 block of North Earl Street. 1:53 p.m. A bike was stolen in the 3100…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced the first five winners of $50,000 scholarships in a program Thursday designed to encourage students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press file)David Zalubowski…
Starting Friday, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will unite for Summer Blitz DUI Enforcement. Increased law enforcement will be in effect through June…
Significant changes were made to property tax rates, tax loopholes and tax credits that will affect the wallets of people across the state
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Tuesday 12:18 p.m. A man kept walking by a bathroom and looking inside a bathroom in the area of 20th Street and East Second Avenue.…
BOULDER – A high school principal in Colorado announced she is resigning a couple of weeks after a photo of three students re-enacting the killing of George Floyd in the…
A cyclist rides up Hwy. 6 to Loveland Pass on Sept. 15, 2020. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) Visitation to Colorado’s mountain towns picked up over Memorial Day weekend, the official…
Samantha Moreno Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday in Colorado less than 12 hours after she was identified by Las Vegas police as the suspect in the death of her 7-year-old son,…
