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Weekly planner for July 4-8

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 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse

A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its water

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS – A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins landing craft that has long bee...

DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s drop in life expectancy blamed on COVID, drugs

DENVER (AP) – Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second consecutive year in 2021. It’s the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from the state health d...

DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More Colorado cities are switching from fireworks to drone shows for fire safety

They can take the guesswork out of planning Fourth of July celebrations

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mobile home residents rally against new law stripped of rent cap provision

Mobile home residents and activists are calling for a meeting with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to question why he worked to remove a rent stabilization measure in a recently signed law for mob...

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Why the millions of dollars Democrats spent in Colorado’s Republican primaries didn’t work

All of the more extreme GOP candidates Democrats wanted to see win on Tuesday lost

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Q&A: Head of Colorado County Clerks fires back at conspiracy theorists

‘It's really frustrating when people make up these problems ... and scare people for votes’

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 7:55 a.m. An extension ladder was in the road causing a hazard at the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and Davidson Creek Road. 8:13 a.m. S...

DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona attorney general: Pre-1901 abortion ban enforceable

PHOENIX – Arizona’s Republican attorney general announced Wednesday that a pre-statehood law that bans all abortions is enforceable and that he will soon file for the removal of an injunctio...

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Republican primary voters in Colorado reject slate of candidates who embraced election conspiracies

‘I think the Republican Party returned to sanity tonight,’ said Dick Wadhams, former chairman of the state GOP

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Tuesday 9:55 a.m. Someone ran into a parking meter in a hit-and-run in the west 100 block of 11th Street. 11:58 a.m. Two men were fighting in the 600 block of Main Avenue. 12:01...

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News