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Some congressional candidates received federal financial help during COVID crisis

Businesses owned by two U.S. Senate candidates critical of Democratic spending benefited from loans

Efforts to affirm abortion access in Colorado won’t stop some lawmakers from trying to reverse course

Conservatives could run ballot initiatives to undermine so-called guarantees

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Tuesday 1:47 a.m. A man and a woman were reportedly fighting in the 20700 block of U.S. Highway 160. Monday 9:54 a.m. Two intoxicated men were yelling in an...

Police: Man in custody in Colorado over alleged threats to UCLA

LOS ANGELES – A man who allegedly threatened the University of California, Los Angeles, and detailed potential violence against the prominent university over hundreds of pages has been taken...

Denver ending indoor mask mandate as surge declines

DENVER – Denver will end its citywide mask mandate for businesses and indoor public places this week as the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant declines. Denver Mayor Micha...

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Sunday 5:54 p.m. A woman reportedly threatened to stab someone in the 3100 block of East Animas Village Drive. Saturday 7:17 a.m. Someone’s vehicle was rep...

Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires

DENVER – A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state’s firs...

Police: 4 killed in 6 weekend shootings around Denver area

DENVER – Four people were killed and five others were injured in six shootings in the Denver area over the weekend, police said. Two people were killed in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood ...

Affordable housing, behavioral health and economic recovery targeted for federal spending

Three Colorado task forces release final plans for distributing American Rescue Plan Act money

Colorado ranchers who have lost livestock to wolves want to know if anyone hears them

Cattlemen say lethal force needed to get rid of the problem

Weekly planner for Jan. 31-Feb. 4

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...

Denver officials ‘likely’ to let mask rule expire next week

DENVER – Officials in Denver say that it is “likely” they will let the citywide indoor mask rule expire next week. The public health order, which requires everyone who is older than 2 to wea...