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Denver Zoo to begin vaccinating animals for COVID-19

DENVER – The Denver Zoo will begin vaccinating some of its animals for COVID-19 as early as next week. Zoologists say they have been working with the veterinary vaccine company Zoetis to rec...

DATE: Jul 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

County clerks recommend election-system changes to quash conspiracy theories

Calls for greater transparency come amid demands for 2020 election audits

DATE: Jul 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. proposes removing Colorado River fish’s endangered status

DENVER – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it plans to propose reclassifying a rare Colorado River Basin fish called the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened status a...

DATE: Jul 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 3:48 a.m. A naked man walked out of a hotel in the 600 block of Main Avenue. 4:13 a.m. Someone threw a brick at a business in the 3400 block of Mai...

DATE: Jul 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis signs climate bill, renews opposition to cap-and-trade program

Governor seeks to reduce emissions through voluntary agreements and targeted policies

DATE: Jul 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s new state crime lab aims to boost efficiency

SANTA FE. (AP) – Something big is happening in New Mexico’s effort to fight crime. A 44,000-square-foot, $21.9 million forensic lab for the state is being built in Santa Fe. Construction wor...

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – For thousands of years, an Arizona tribe relied on the Colorado River's natural flooding patterns to farm. Later, it hand-dug ditches and canals to route water to fields. ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis vetoes bills dealing with off-highway vehicles, transportation funding

Colorado governor has nixed three measures during 2021 legislative session

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit: Man who hid treasure retrieved own loot from Southwest Colorado

SANTA FE – A French treasure hunter has sued the estate of a Santa Fe antiquities dealer who sparked a yearslong search across the American West by hiding a chest filled with gold, coins and...

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Migrant activists leave life-saving caches of water, food in Arizona wilderness

Activism has roots in the 1981 founding of the Sanctuary Movement

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for July 5-9

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...

DATE: Jul 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 1:10 a.m. A vehicle crashed and rolled over into a ditch in the area of U.S. Highway 550. 8:53 a.m. Fraud was reported in the area of Count...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News