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Navajo Nation reports 20 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 20 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases fr...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climate change affecting Colorado tarantula population

DENVER (AP) – About this time every year, southeastern Colorado towns like La Junta see more visitors looking to glimpse saucer-sized Texas brown tarantulas as they scurry out of their burro...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

2021 election guide: Coloradans to vote on three statewide fiscal measures

Proposed constitutional amendment faces last-minute legal challenge

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weekly planner for Sept. 27-Oct. 2

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 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Girl wasn’t buckled in before fatal theme park fall

DENVER – A 6-year-old Colorado girl who died in a fall from a theme park ride this month wasn’t wearing the seat belts, and operators of the vertical drop ride didn’t properly check the res...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

4 accused of plotting school attack on Columbine anniversary

DUNMORE, Pa. – Four teenagers have been charged with a plot to attack a Pennsylvania high school in 2024, on the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School, author...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color

SALT LAKE CITY – In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece. Seraphine Warr...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman charged with murder accused of trying to cover tracks

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A U.S. Air Force airman on trial on charges of kidnapping a Mennonite woman in New Mexico, fatally shooting her and dumping her body in northern Arizona, had tried unsucc...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The latest draft of Colorado’s district map could become the final version

A supermajority of commissioners must agree on a final map by Sept. 28, or the draft released Thursday will be one step closer to being final

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans

WASHINGTON – Speaking in personal terms, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said extensive news media coverage of the disappearance and death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito while on a cross-country...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman charged with killing stepson will stand trial

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday after reviewing evidence in the case. Authorities allege that Letec...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include sheep trailing in Bayfield and Animas Museum Live! Bayfield Heritage Day and Sheep Trailing will be held Saturday in downtown Bayfield. The event, back after l...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News