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Durango Police Department Friday 12:48 a.m. A 26-year-old man was assaulted and was bleeding from the lip in the 600 block of Main Avenue. Thursday 9:34 a.m. Two toddlers were runni...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police officer dies hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – An off-duty Boulder police officer died in a 200-foot fall while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park rangers were called to the scene just west of Mar...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include iAM MUSIC Fest and Northwest New Mexico Arts Council’s Art Walk. The iAM MUSIC Fest will take place from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday July 17 at Buckley Park, with...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats push for federal marijuana legalization, but banking bill could be collateral damage

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is a sponsor of the effort

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flash flooding sweeps Arizona; 2 missing in Grand Canyon

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Authorities were searching Thursday for two people on a rafting trip who were swept into the frigid Colorado River during a flash flood in the Grand Canyon, part of monso...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 12:04 a.m. Five children were jumping out and attempting to kick cars in the area of County Road 203. 1:31 a.m. A vehicle was smoking in ...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out

The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain why it got this bad. The West is ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado conducting ambitious Front Range bald eagle survey

DENVER – Colorado has launched a four-year study of American bald eagles to determine how the protected raptors have adapted to population growth along the metropolitan Front Range and ident...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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Durango Police Department Monday 12:58 a.m. A building caught fire in the 600 block of South Camino del Rio. 11:28 a.m. Someone was arrested after trying to cash a forged check in ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Autopsy: Teenage girl died from dog attack on Navajo Nation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An autopsy has confirmed that a 13-year-old girl was killed by pack of dogs while taking a walk near her family’s home on the Navajo Nation. Lyssa Rose Upshaw had extensi...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported six new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The figures released by the Navajo Department of Health brought the total number ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Affidavit: Officer used Taser without warning on 75-year-old

DENVER – A police officer in Colorado used a Taser on a 75-year-old man less than a minute after he answered his door with a “Hawaiian sword” but after he put down the weapon and without iss...

DATE: Jul 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News