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Navajo leaders urge mask wearing even as virus cases are low

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation reported 14 new cases of coronavirus on Friday and one recent death. The figures released by the Navajo Department of Health bring the total number of ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s new law to restrict teen marijuana use faces legal challenge

The parents of a medical marijuana user in Colorado say a new law that aims to curb young people’s access to highly potent marijuana is unconstitutional. Nineteen-year-old Benjamin Wann uses...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s 1st gray wolf pack since 1940s now has 6 pups

DENVER – Colorado's first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s has grown to include six pups. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday that staff members spotted the pups living in a de...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado officer charged after using Taser on man in 70s

IDAHO SPRINGS – A Colorado police officer is being prosecuted after he allegedly got into a fight and used a Taser on a man in his 70s, requiring the man to be taken to the hospital. Nichola...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets life in prison for assault, carjacking

AURORA – A Kansas man convicted of sexual assault in the rape of a woman in suburban Denver and of assaulting and carjacking another woman has been sentenced to life in Colorado state prison...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

City complex closes when person brings grenades for disposal

AURORA – A suburban Denver municipal complex was closed for two hours Friday after a resident brought three World War II-era grenades to the site for disposal, police said. The devices were ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

7 held in alleged kidnapping, torture of Colorado woman

ROCKY FORD – Seven people have been identified as suspects in the alleged kidnapping, torture and attempted murder of a woman in southeastern Colorado in 2017, authorities announced Friday. ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets this weekend in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include Rocky Mountain Uke Fest and Summer Brew. The sixth annual Rocky Mountain Uke Fest will take place in person and online from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday July 10 at t...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation: 24 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths for fourth day

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 24 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the fourth consecutive day. Tribal health officials said the total number of c...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor lifts coronavirus pandemic state of emergency

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis lifted his pandemic state of emergency on Thursday and rescinded all related executive orders, citing the state’s progress in combating the coronavirus. Th...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s Mesa County emerges as hot spot for delta variant

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter

Durango Police Department Wednesday 4:32 p.m. A man was arrested on suspicion of violating a protection order after allegedly groping someone in the 1200 block of Camino del Rio. 6...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News