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The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 6:24 p.m. A tree was reported on fire in a backyard on the 200 block of Rockridge Drive. Sunday 4:03 p.m. A yellow Labrador dog was reported at larg...

Colorado judge throws out recount challenge by indicted clerk Tina Peters

Challenge came too late to be considered, judge says

Woman dies in 900-foot fall from Colorado mountain peak

ASPEN – A Colorado woman died in a 900-foot fall while scaling a dangerous peak in the Rocky Mountains near Aspen, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman was hiking solo on Capit...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife sheds light on state’s 350 most sensitive species

Dashboard highlights leading threats across the state, agency’s progress in protecting them

Debate intensifies on how much trail access to give e-bikes

DENVER (AP) – The sun was almost setting when 14-year-old Daniel Giffin crossed the finish line on his electric mountain bike last August, nearly the last in the pack of thousands of cyclist...

Weekly planner for Sept. 5-Sept. 9

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...

More than 60 people displaced by fire possibly sparked by lightning

COLORADO SPRINGS – Dozens of residents in a Colorado Springs apartment complex have been displaced after a fire Friday night that was possibly caused by a lightning strike, fire officials sa...

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 1:13 p.m. A man was seen whipping a dog in the 20600 block of U.S. Highway 160. 4:29 p.m. A car was sideswiped by another vehicle at the intersecti...

Best bets in and around Durango

Labor Day weekend means it’s time for the Four Corners Motorcycle Rally. Events will be held all day Friday through Sunday in Durango and Ignacio. Participants can enjoy demo rides, arm wre...

Colorado public defenders launch union drive over workloads

DENVER – Fed up with immense workloads, Colorado’s public defenders launched a unionization drive on Thursday hoping to organize attorneys, paralegals, investigators, social workers, and adm...

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 7:53 a.m. A car hit a deer near the intersection of East Third Avenue and Florida Road. 12:04 p.m. A dump truck ran into a light pole at the inte...

Defense: Forced medication likely won’t help accused gunman

DENVER – Forcibly administering antipsychotic medication to a man charged with killing three people and wounding eight others in a 2015 attack on a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic probabl...