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The 68th annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral show will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Events wi...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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Durango Police Department Wednesday 12:13 p.m. Someone vandalized the men’s bathroom at Walgreens, 2701 Main Ave. 1:33 p.m. Someone was spray-painting in the 1100 block of South Cami...

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado voters may decide whether to legalize psychedelic mushrooms this fall

A measure to allow for cultivation and use is one step away from making November ballot

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado will not cooperate with other states’ abortion investigations

Polis signs executive order protecting people who seek abortions and those who provide them

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis issues order to protect abortion access

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis barred state agencies Wednesday from arresting or extraditing anyone seeking or providing reproductive care in Colorado, where the right to abortion was codified in...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

DENVER – For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Co...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral home owner pleads guilty in body sales case

Megan Hess faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Monday 12:02 a.m. People were shooting off noisemakers near East Second Avenue and College Drive. 10:26 a.m. A 2-year-old child was locked inside a vehicle at the fish hatchery, 151 ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Unaffiliated voters cast more GOP ballots than Republicans in some counties

GOP primaries were more competitive, which may be why more people voted in those races

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Michael Bennet hopes to become Colorado’s longest-serving senator in decades. Who is he?

Colorado Democrat has been described as an ‘accidental senator,’ but he’s still championing the state after 13 years in office

DATE: Jul 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Colorado River cuts should be made by Arizona, Nevada and California

States have two months to drastically reduce water use or face federal intervention

DATE: Jul 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for July 4-8

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...

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News