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Best bets this weekend include Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering and Four Corners Comedy Festival. The annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering features a full schedule of musical performances, comedy, ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation

LAFAYETTE (AP) – In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. He and one of his employees...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP opposition

WASHINGTON – A bitterly divided Senate late Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican complaints that she is an “...

DATE: Sep 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire in Colorado mountains spreads but not toward homes

SILVERTHORNE – A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of homes in Colorado’s north-central mountains has grown but has not spread toward residential areas, officials said. Evacuations we...

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge dismisses challenge to Denver's vaccine mandate

DENVER – A judge on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by a group of Denver police officers to block the city’s vaccine mandate a day before it’s set to take effect. In a lawsuit filed last week...

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the second consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s economic growth to continue at slower pace, state forecast says

General fund revenue grew 10.7% last year, preliminary figures show

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Biden nominates Cole Finegan to be next top federal prosecutor in Colorado

Finegan is a known quantity in Colorado’s Democratic political circles

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 12:16 p.m. A man was yelling and cursing at the Durango Transit Center, 250 W. Eighth St. 12:28 p.m. A family of five was trespassing on the railroad...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Homes evacuated by wildfire burning in Colorado mountains

SILVERTHORNE – The residents of several hundred homes have been evacuated or warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains. Evacuations were...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Should river towns be forced to build costly parks to get recreational water rights?

Nonprofit argues communities should be able to protect rapids without building features

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit by Colorado police officer fired in photo scandal is dismissed

DENVER – A lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver police officer for his firing over a photo re-enacting a chokehold like the one used on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died in ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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