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Jill Biden thanks military spouses in Colorado for service

DENVER – First lady Jill Biden extended her gratitude to military spouses for their service on Thursday at an Army base in Colorado. Biden spoke at Fort Carson military base near Colorado Sp...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets life for deaths of pair from Colorado, Kansas

COLORADO SPRINGS – A jury has convicted a Colorado Springs man in a 2018 double-slaying in which a woman and man were shot and left in a burning car in a scheme to steal marijuana. The panel...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Residents sue to stop legal homeless site from opening

DENVER – Some residents in the Denver neighborhood of Park Hill are suing a nonprofit, a church and its pastor, and the city of Denver in an effort to prevent a legal homeless encampment fro...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused of killing Thai wife prosecuted for abuse in U.S.

BANGKOK – A U.S. citizen charged with killing his pregnant Thai wife in Thailand was accused of attempting to kill what appears to be the same woman while living in Colorado in 2019. Jason M...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for fourth time in five days

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 13 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths for the fourth time in the last five days. Tribal health officials said the total number of c...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets 60 years for 1988 slaying of Colorado Springs woman

COLORADO SPRINGS – A man linked by DNA to the 1988 slaying of a Colorado Springs woman has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. James Papol, who was 15 when he attacked 24-year-old Mary Lyn...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

High court upholds no-bail release in serial burglary case

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court decision allowing the no-bail pretrial release of an 19-year-old with no previous criminal history who is accused of a strin...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers consider new office on gun violence

DENVER – A Democrat-backed bill to create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention got its first hearing before a Colorado legislative committee Friday, with backers arguing it could educat...

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Poluce Department Thursday La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 6:15 p.m. A woman threatened to assault her girlfriend and sister in the area of ...

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ski patrollers at Breckenridge vote 43-42 to unionize

Increasing cost of living coupled with stagnant wages has buoyed efforts for unionization

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the Suicide Awareness Rally and the final Apollo 14 Speaker Series event. Four Corners Unity Motorcycles and Car Clubs will host the third annual Suicide Aware...

DATE: May 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal appeals panel to consider future of TABOR lawsuit

DENVER — The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether a long-running lawsuit challenging Colorado's strict tax and spending limits as unconstitutional can procee...

DATE: May 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News