Colorado conducting ambitious Front Range bald eagle survey

DENVER – Colorado has launched a four-year study of American bald eagles to determine how the protected raptors have adapted to population growth along the metropolitan Front Range and ident...

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 12:58 a.m. A building caught fire in the 600 block of South Camino del Rio. 11:28 a.m. Someone was arrested after trying to cash a forged check in ...

Autopsy: Teenage girl died from dog attack on Navajo Nation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An autopsy has confirmed that a 13-year-old girl was killed by pack of dogs while taking a walk near her family’s home on the Navajo Nation. Lyssa Rose Upshaw had extensi...

Navajo Nation reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported six new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The figures released by the Navajo Department of Health brought the total number ...

Affidavit: Officer used Taser without warning on 75-year-old

DENVER – A police officer in Colorado used a Taser on a 75-year-old man less than a minute after he answered his door with a “Hawaiian sword” but after he put down the weapon and without iss...

Ethics complaint against Sen. Bob Gardner dismissed by unanimous vote

Panel: Lawmaker committed no violation by calling state court administrator about colleague’s case

Colorado woman’s body found in Florida condo collapse rubble

DENVER – A Colorado woman who had been missing since a Florida condo building partially collapsed last month has been identified among those killed in the wreckage. The body of Cassondra Str...

Police: Man with guns sought balcony near MLB All-Star Game

DENVER – A man described by authorities as the leader of a group of four people arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near events pla...

Politics brought the All-Star Game to Denver. Here’s how sports leaders donated to campaigns.

Rockies owner Dick Monfort has donated thousands in recent years, much of it to Republicans

4 arrested, guns seized at hotel near All-Star Game events

DENVER – Four people have been arrested and more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition have been seized at a downtown Denver hotel that is close to several events planned...

Weekly planner for July 12-16

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...

Mistrial called in trial of man accused of killing teen

WESTMINSTER – The trial for a Colorado Springs man accused of killing a teen after a road rage incident in Westminster two years ago, ended abruptly Friday because of a witness’ medical emer...