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Durango Police Department Tuesday 10:05 a.m. Children were yelling for help in the 21800 block of U.S. Highway 160 west. 1:13 p.m. A man assaulted a woman in the 700 block of Main ...

Colorado Democrats head into 2022 election cycle in position of strength, poll shows

No big-name Republicans have announced bid to unseat Gov. Jared Polis or U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet

Denver Zoo to begin vaccinating animals for COVID-19

DENVER – The Denver Zoo will begin vaccinating some of its animals for COVID-19 as early as next week. Zoologists say they have been working with the veterinary vaccine company Zoetis to rec...

County clerks recommend election-system changes to quash conspiracy theories

Calls for greater transparency come amid demands for 2020 election audits

U.S. proposes removing Colorado River fish’s endangered status

DENVER – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it plans to propose reclassifying a rare Colorado River Basin fish called the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened status a...

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Durango Police Department Monday 3:48 a.m. A naked man walked out of a hotel in the 600 block of Main Avenue. 4:13 a.m. Someone threw a brick at a business in the 3400 block of Mai...

Polis signs climate bill, renews opposition to cap-and-trade program

Governor seeks to reduce emissions through voluntary agreements and targeted policies

New Mexico’s new state crime lab aims to boost efficiency

SANTA FE. (AP) – Something big is happening in New Mexico’s effort to fight crime. A 44,000-square-foot, $21.9 million forensic lab for the state is being built in Santa Fe. Construction wor...

Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – For thousands of years, an Arizona tribe relied on the Colorado River's natural flooding patterns to farm. Later, it hand-dug ditches and canals to route water to fields. ...

Polis vetoes bills dealing with off-highway vehicles, transportation funding

Colorado governor has nixed three measures during 2021 legislative session

Lawsuit: Man who hid treasure retrieved own loot from Southwest Colorado

SANTA FE – A French treasure hunter has sued the estate of a Santa Fe antiquities dealer who sparked a yearslong search across the American West by hiding a chest filled with gold, coins and...

Migrant activists leave life-saving caches of water, food in Arizona wilderness

Activism has roots in the 1981 founding of the Sanctuary Movement