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Navajo Nation reports 55 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 55 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 32,430 coronavirus cases and 1,400 known...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Friday La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 7:49 a.m. Syringes were found in the area of County Road 509. 4:05 p.m. Someone dumped trash il...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado attorney general joins investigation into Mesa County election system leak

Clerk Tina Peters suspected of participating in activity that resulted in release of passwords

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Video shows officer shoot Colorado teen holding knife

LOVELAND – A police officer shot a 19-year-old armed with knife after the teen began to move quickly toward him, body camera footage released Wednesday shows. Police responded to the home in...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County commissioners to replace Dominion voting equipment

New contract will extend through 2029

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Conservative dark-money group battles to keep its donors secret

Unite for Colorado plans to appeal its $40,000 fine

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

DNA linked to sex assaults found in missing woman’s car

SALID – Male DNA that corresponds with partial profiles found in three unsolved sexual assault cases was found in the car of a missing Colorado woman whose husband is charged with killing he...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Missing southern Colorado woman found in hidden grave

ALAMOSA – A 21-year-old woman who went missing in early August has been found in a hidden grave in a remote area of southern Colorado. Cheyenne Goins, of Alamosa, was reported missing by her...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scientists launch effort to collect water data in West

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rai...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Recommendations target oil, gas leasing across the West

ALBUQUERQUE – An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt called on the federal government Tuesday to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to en...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 37 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 32,315 coronavirus cases and 1,398 known ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News