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Navajo Nation reports 36 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 36 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,548 confirmed COVID-19 cases f...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman on trial in Arizona in death of Mennonite woman

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Jury selection began Tuesday in a case against a U.S. Air Force airman accused of kidnapping a Mennonite woman, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in a forest clear...

DATE: Sep 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 17 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 17 more COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,548 confirmed COVID-19 cases fr...

DATE: Sep 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County clerk fights to keep her job in new court filing

Embattled election official says her removal was an overreach by Colorado secretary of state

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Investigators say man chose to ‘hunt and control’ wife

DENVER – Investigators allege that a Colorado man charged with killing his missing wife decided to “hunt and control” her like an animal after she insisted on leaving him and later changed...

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Republican leaders reject opting out of primary

DENVER – Colorado Republican leaders have voted down a proposal from that would have allowed GOP nominees to be selected by a relatively small number of party members. The proposal would hav...

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Sept. 20-24

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: Sep 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

COVID-19 burnout rises among Colorado's public health leaders

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – A few weeks ago, Dawn James’ job as Kit Carson’s public health director was making her sick to her stomach. After being questioned, threatened with lawsuits and calle...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man accused of killing wife heads to trial

SALIDA – A judge ruled Friday there is enough evidence for the case to proceed against a southern Colorado man who was charged with first-degree murder nearly a year after his wife was repo...

DATE: Sep 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BLM headquarters to move back to Washington

Secretary of Interior says Grand Junction will be agency’s western headquarters and that its presence in the city will grow

DATE: Sep 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado school shooter to be sentenced to life in prison

DENVER – A former high school student convicted of first degree murder and other charges for a 2019 shooting attack inside a suburban Denver high school that killed one student and injured...

DATE: Sep 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado panel recommends tribal name change for mountain

DENVER – A Colorado state panel has recommended that a mountain peak west of Denver be renamed in honor of a Native American woman who acted as a translator for tribes and white settlers in ...

DATE: Sep 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News