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Silverton is about as vaccinated as it can get. But it still has COVID.
alone aren’t enough to prevent spread because of porous geographic boundaries and waning vaccine effectiveness
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Body composting a ‘green’ alternative to burial, cremation
Seth Viddal, who co-owns The Natural Funeral, stands behind a nearly completed human-body composting vessel in Arvada. On Sept. 7, Colorado became the second state after Washington to allow human…
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Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP opposition
Tracy Stone-Manning, President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, was approved, 50-45, on a party-line vote Thursday. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press file)Alex Brandon Senate approves…
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Wildfire in Colorado mountains spreads but not toward homes
SILVERTHORNE – A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of homes in Colorado’s north-central mountains has grown but has not spread toward residential areas, officials said. Evacuations were first ordered…
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Judge dismisses challenge to Denver’s vaccine mandate
DENVER – A judge on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by a group of Denver police officers to block the city’s vaccine mandate a day before it’s set to take effect.…
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Navajo Nation reports 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the second consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals…
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Colorado’s economic growth to continue at slower pace, state forecast says
General fund revenue grew 10.7% last year, preliminary figures show
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Biden nominates Cole Finegan to be next top federal prosecutor in Colorado
Finegan is a known quantity in Colorado’s Democratic political circles
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Homes evacuated by wildfire burning in Colorado mountains
SILVERTHORNE – The residents of several hundred homes have been evacuated or warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains. Evacuations were first…
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Should river towns be forced to build costly parks to get recreational water rights?
Nonprofit argues communities should be able to protect rapids without building features
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Lawsuit by Colorado police officer fired in photo scandal is dismissed
DENVER – A lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver police officer for his firing over a photo re-enacting a chokehold like the one used on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old…
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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…
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Climate change affecting Colorado tarantula population
Maia Holmes, director of the Colorado State University Bug Zoo, poses for a portrait with a Texas brown tarantula Sept. 16 at the zoo in Fort Collins. Scientists say climate…
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2021 election guide: Coloradans to vote on three statewide fiscal measures
Proposed constitutional amendment faces last-minute legal challenge
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Weekly planner for Sept. 27-Oct. 2
0123 calendarcca 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: www.bayfieldgov.org or call 884-9544. Town…
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Report: Girl wasn’t buckled in before fatal theme park fall
The Haunted Mine Drop is seen in 2017 at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. A report from Colorado state investigators Friday said a 6-year-old girl who died in…
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4 accused of plotting school attack on Columbine anniversary
Four teenagers have been charged with a plot to attack Dunmore High School in Dunmore, Pa., in 2024, on the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School,…
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Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color
Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist, went missing from a field site outside Phoenix in June. The disappearance of Gabby Petito, a white 22-year-old woman who went missing in Wyoming in…
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Airman charged with murder accused of trying to cover tracks
Mark Gooch appears virtually for a hearing in Coconino County Superior Court in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Thursday. Gooch is accused in the death of Sasha Krause, who lived in a…
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Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans
Missy Jackson, 23, of Minneapolis, attends a prayer circle in 2017 for Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s office in St. Paul, Minn. People wore green ribbons to…
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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
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Colorado woman charged with killing stepson will stand trial
Letecia Stauch makes her first appearance in 2020 in El Paso County District Court in Colorado Springs. Stauch is accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson and will stand trial for…
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Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico
Fossilized human fossilized footprints are seen at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. According to a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, the impressions indicate that…
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Third and final measure qualifies for Colorado’s 2021 statewide ballot
Signatures turned in to Secretary of State’s Office by proponents of Initiative 19 were deemed sufficient Tuesday
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Projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire
Powell and Mead have a combined capacity of 39%, down from 49% at this time last year
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Bennet and Romney raft Colorado River amid historic drought
Ranches in Southwest Colorado suffering from water shortages
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Jury seated in case of man suspected of killing Farmington woman
This February 2019 photo shows Sasha Krause, whose body was found in a forest outside Flagstaff, Ariz., more than a month after she disappeared from a Mennonite community near Farmington,…
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3 charged in death of elderly woman left outside in heat
GRAND JUNCTION – Three assisted living facility workers are being prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who authorities alleged was left outside in sweltering weather…
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Navajo Nation reports 36 more COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 36 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,548 confirmed COVID-19 cases…
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Airman on trial in Arizona in death of Mennonite woman
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Jury selection began Tuesday in a case against a U.S. Air Force airman accused of kidnapping a Mennonite woman, fatally shooting her and leaving her body in…