Colorado governor not pursuing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees

Cases rising across U.S. and in Colorado as delta variant spreads

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Third person found dead after Colorado flooding, mudslides

RUSTIC – Authorities have recovered the body of a third person who died during flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado that was burned by a massive wildfire. One person is st...

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation: No COVID-related deaths, seventh time in nine days

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported eight new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. It marked the seventh time in nine days that no coronavirus-related deaths were ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s extreme weather closes, opens and closes roads again

Colorado 141 closed for nearly 40 miles from Gateway to Naturita after Saturday mudslide

DATE: Jul 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for July 26-30

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 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman, man killed in southeast Denver shooting

DENVER – Two people have died in a shooting in southeast Denver, authorities said. Denver Police officers responded to the shooting at 2:27 a.m. The woman and man were taken to hospitals, wh...

DATE: Jul 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior secretary visits new BLM headquarters in Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid her first visit Friday to the new Colorado headquarters of her department’s Bureau of Land Management after its relocation from the natio...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As housing crisis spreads, lawmakers hope $400M will help

New legislative task force, the 3rd in a year, will tackle affordable housing, homelessness

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Redistricting process faces time crunch

Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether to push back deadlines

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 7:30 a.m. Bears were getting into trash cans in the area of Durango West I. 2:12 p.m. A power line was down and in contact with a vehicle ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-Nevada inmate going on trial in Colorado hammer killings

CENTENNIAL – A former Nevada inmate accused of using a hammer to kill four people in the Denver area is going on trial nearly four decades after the slayings. Jury selection was scheduled to...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include Fly Fishing 101 and an ’80s-themed dance party. San Juan Angler will host its Fly Fishing 101 class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Pine River Library, 395 ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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