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Durango Police Department Sunday 11:09 a.m. Two cars were involved in a T-bone crash on College Drive and East Third Avenue. 1:30 a.m. A woman was arrested for fighting other people ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Republican Pam Anderson, a former county clerk, launches bid to unseat Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold

Candidate accuses Democratic incumbent of being hyperpartisan

DATE: Oct 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Last month was the hottest September for San Juan Mountains, San Luis Valley

September was the third-warmest in Colorado’s history, tying with 1998

DATE: Oct 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Oct. 25-29

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: Oct 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Day care owner gets 6 years for hiding 26 kids in basement

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado day care owner convicted of keeping 26 children hidden in the basement of her business two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison after parents sa...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Suburban Denver police officer suspended after cursing at teen driver

AURORA – A police sergeant in the Denver suburb of Aurora has been suspended and is under investigation after he was captured on body camera footage yelling and cursing at a teen driver who ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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Durango Police Department Friday 12:06 a.m. Someone threw a rock into someone’s window in the Skyline Apartments, 1000 Goeglein Gulch Road. Thursday 3:10 p.m. Smoke was visible in th...

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to invalidate votes cast for Amendment 78

Legal action was not filed within designated period

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor urges board to reconsider naming mountain ‘Mestaa’ėhehe’

Gov. Jared Polis said ‘dots and dashes’ made it hard to pronounce

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include the iAM MUSIC Festival in downtown Durango. The festival will present two shows Saturday at Durango Craft Spirits, 1120 Main Ave., Ste. 2. Stillhouse Junkies ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court declines to hear county clerk’s appeal of ruling barring her from 2021 election

She argued judge lacked authority to remove her as designated election official

DATE: Oct 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park

DENVER (AP) — On her family's first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away from beneath them, everyone else fell in their seats down a 110-foot (34-meter) underground shaft but Wongel, who was not strapped to her seat, plunged to her death, according to a lawsuit filed by her parents against the park Wednesday.

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News