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Falls colors are hitting their peak around Southwest Colorado, and this weekend should offer brilliant displays. The San Juan National Forest says the entire San Juan Skyway is exploding wit...

DATE: Oct 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition 119: Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to pay for out-of-school learning

Supporters say it will help close achievement gap, opponents see it as a slippery slope toward privatizing education

DATE: Oct 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments downsized by Trump in 2017

DATE: Oct 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Latest Colorado legislative draft maps would leave Democrats in control

Commission sets Oct. 12 as deadline to vote on final state House, Senate maps

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boebert challenger suspends fundraising, cites redistricting

DENVER – A leading Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in next year’s election, Colorado state Sen. Kerry Donovan, has suspended fundraising for her campaign after t...

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition 120: Voters will decide if Colorado property taxes will go down – at least for some

Proponents say effort could reduce rents, opponents say it will hurt schools, fire departments

DATE: Oct 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man dies after accidental fall on riverbank in Aspen

ASPEN – Authorities say a 38-year-old Aspen man who was found unconscious and lying partially in the Roaring Fork River in western Colorado has died. The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office says...

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 Front Range ski areas in Colorado vying to be first to open

DENVER – Three Front Range ski areas vying for the annual distinction of being the first to open for the season could begin snowmaking operations very soon. They just need Mother Nature to c...

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

When people die recreating, sometimes friends are the ones to find them

Civilian-led rescues have recovered fallen comrades in Colorado’s backcountry

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman moves on after surviving 1984 hammer attack

DENVER (AP) – On a frigid January night in 1984, Kim Rice woke to a flash of pain and sat up in bed to see a stranger’s silhouette, his arm raised to strike another blow with a hammer. She s...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor's death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with police on zoo grounds. Zoo president Bert Vescolani on Friday publicly apologized ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Oct. 4-Oct. 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: Oct 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News