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Colorado ski resort offers a $49+ chance to skip the lift line, triggering a skier backlash

U.S. senator calls on Powdr to kill the program

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Thursday 8:09 a.m. A German shepherd with a harness was running loose near Camino del Rio and Eighth Street. Police issued a warning. 12:56 p.m. An arborist...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service seeks to pinpoint Hanging Lake headwaters

GLENWOOD SPRINGS (AP) – The fire, floods and massive debris flows of the past year in Glenwood Canyon could help answer an eons-old question – where exactly does the underground source of wa...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets in and around Durango include the Animas Valley Balloon Rally’s balloon glow and mass ascensions. Hot air balloons will light up the sky Friday evening in downtown Durango in the 5...

DATE: Oct 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trial starts in 1984 killing of girl shown on milk carton

DENVER – A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate on trial in the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl wasn’t even remotely considered a suspect to law enforcement until his ob...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Monday 1:44 p.m. A customer flung food into a customer’s face at Burger King, 1415 Main Ave. 2:46 p.m. A man was yelling at a lamppost near 27th Street and ...

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge bars Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from having role in upcoming election

Colorado secretary of state sued to block Peters from being involved in the November election

DATE: Oct 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pilot killed in small plane crash in western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say one person was killed in a small plane crash in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports search crews with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office found ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Elk roaming Colorado with tire around neck for 2 years freed

PINE — Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elusive elk that has been wandering the hills with a car tire around its neck for at least two years has finally been freed of the obstruction. T...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cyclist who died while competing in Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race is identified

Christopher Wood’s death marks second-ever fatality in event history

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tempers flare at Mesa County protest as judge prepares to decide Tina Peters’ role in upcoming election

At least one person hurt when a counter-demonstrator showed up

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Experts: Colorado supermarket shooting suspect not competent

DENVER – State experts concluded that the man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket is not competent to stand trial but a judge granted prosecutors’ request for his mental...

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News