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Rock climber falls to death at Colorado state park

BOULDER – A rock climber fell several hundred feet to his death while descending a wall in Eldorado Canyon State Park near Boulder. Boulder County sheriff’s officials say 48-year-old Thad Fr...

DATE: Mar 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

La Plata County Humane Society is hosting its annual Powder Hounds Snowboard Art Auction. The auction, Saturday to March 12, features snowboard art created by 18 artists in an online silent ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 12:49 p.m. Someone reported check fraud in the 500 block of East Second Avenue. 6:19 p.m. A man and a woman were reportedly fighting in the west 3...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado clerk ordered to court for allegedly lying to judge

DENVER – A Colorado county elections clerk under investigation by federal and state authorities for an alleged security breach of voting machines has been ordered to appear in court to respo...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Side show at a carnival’: Colorado lawmakers react to Boebert’s State of the Union outburst

Members on both sides of political aisle condemn antics

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-police officer pleads guilty in rough arrest of woman with dementia

DENVER – A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it with colleagues pleaded guilty to assa...

DATE: Mar 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 2:21 p.m. Someone reported harassment in the 700 block of East Third Avenue. 5:06 p.m. Someone reported that a 58-year-old woman’s throat was slit a...

DATE: Mar 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Republicans file federal lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters from Colorado’s primary election

La Plata County Republican Central Committee chairman signs on as a plaintiff

DATE: Mar 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s former governor resigns from board of Russian bank

Bill Owens stepped down on Sunday, saying he stands with Ukraine

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado sues to try to force cleanup of chemicals in foam

DENVER – Colorado is suing 15 companies in an effort to try to force them to pay for cleaning up contamination caused by firefighting foam that contains long-lasting chemicals associated wit...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis says vaccinated Coloradans can ‘live your normal, pre-pandemic life’

CDPHE director estimates 90% of residents are immune from getting severely ill from omicron variant

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron, AP-NORC poll says

Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News