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Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the Youth Fishing Derby and San Juan Brewfest. VFW Post 4031 will host its Youth Fishing Derby from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 28 at the post, 1550...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 55 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 55 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 32,430 coronavirus cases and 1,400 known...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Friday La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 7:49 a.m. Syringes were found in the area of County Road 509. 4:05 p.m. Someone dumped trash il...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado attorney general joins investigation into Mesa County election system leak

Clerk Tina Peters suspected of participating in activity that resulted in release of passwords

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Video shows officer shoot Colorado teen holding knife

LOVELAND – A police officer shot a 19-year-old armed with knife after the teen began to move quickly toward him, body camera footage released Wednesday shows. Police responded to the home in...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County commissioners to replace Dominion voting equipment

New contract will extend through 2029

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Conservative dark-money group battles to keep its donors secret

Unite for Colorado plans to appeal its $40,000 fine

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

DNA linked to sex assaults found in missing woman’s car

SALID – Male DNA that corresponds with partial profiles found in three unsolved sexual assault cases was found in the car of a missing Colorado woman whose husband is charged with killing he...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Missing southern Colorado woman found in hidden grave

ALAMOSA – A 21-year-old woman who went missing in early August has been found in a hidden grave in a remote area of southern Colorado. Cheyenne Goins, of Alamosa, was reported missing by her...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scientists launch effort to collect water data in West

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rai...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Recommendations target oil, gas leasing across the West

ALBUQUERQUE – An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to en...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 37 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 32,315 coronavirus cases and 1,398 known ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News