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Domestic violence deaths in Colorado dropped by more than a third in 2023

The drop amounted to 58 deaths last year, compared to 94 the year prior

DATE: Oct 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Diverging grassroots, super PAC funding shaping Colorado’s 2024 congressional races

Races in three of Colorado’s eight congressional districts are attracting campaign contributions by the truckload in 2024, especially from Democrats. But outside spending figures suggest a s...

DATE: Oct 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado officials encourage voters to be wary of intimidation, election disinformation

Two top state officials in Colorado recently shared information to ensure voters are informed on their right to vote free of intimidation and how to avoid election disinformation ahead of th...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s unemployment rate at 4%, inching upward along with the U.S. rate

Colorado’s unemployment rate was stable at 4% in September, according to the state’s labor department. The unemployment rate, both in Colorado and nationally, has been climbing since reachin...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spending in support of Proposition 131 eclipses $9 million

About $26 million has been spent so far by groups supporting and opposing 14 statewide measures on the ballot

DATE: Oct 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects

State can currently keep up to $29 million; measure would remove that cap

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment 80: Placing a right to school choice in Colorado’s constitution

Measure would solidify parents’ right to send their kids to any public, charter, private or home schooling program

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment 79: An attempt to preserve abortion access in Colorado’s constitution

Amendment would prevent Legislature from limiting access

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment J: Removing Colorado’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage

Measure would strike a phrase in the state constitution

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Measure is an effort to remedy an unintended consequence from when state’s death penalty was abolished in 2020

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado

Proposal comes amid an alleged cover-up scandal

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit

Celestial object visible over western horizon shortly after sunset

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango High School girls basketball wins bigDHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

DHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

Photos: Horsing around

Photos: Winter storm leaves over a foot of snow

Photos: FLC hoops at WhalenSkyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Skyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Lights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Photos: Feel the heatSnowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Snowdown 2025 Hot Wing Eating Contest

Domestic violence deaths in Colorado dropped by more than a third in 2023

Diverging grassroots, super PAC funding shaping Colorado’s 2024 congressional races

Colorado officials encourage voters to be wary of intimidation, election disinformation

Colorado’s unemployment rate at 4%, inching upward along with the U.S. rate

Spending in support of Proposition 131 eclipses $9 million

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects

Amendment 80: Placing a right to school choice in Colorado’s constitution

Amendment 79: An attempt to preserve abortion access in Colorado’s constitution

Amendment J: Removing Colorado’s constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Amendment H: Creating a new board to investigate and discipline judges in Colorado

A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit

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