GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A Colorado man has died after falling into the Colorado River while boating in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said Tuesday. Park officials said…
Devon Erickson appears in court at the Douglas County Courthouse in Castle Rock in 2019. Erickson, one of the suspects in a fatal attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch in…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis enters the House of Representatives chamber in Denver. Activists say they’ve gathered enough voter signatures to challenge a law signed by Polis that would pledge Colorado’s…
DENVER – Police officers shot a man suspected of firing shots into a vehicle after he allegedly threatened them with a gun on Sunday, police said. The man in his…
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A backcountry skier died Sunday after losing control and sliding about 400 feet on a snowfield and into rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park, authorities…
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…
Devon Erickson appears in court at the Douglas County Courthouse in Castle Rock in 2019. Erickson, one of the suspects in a fatal attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch in…
PHOENIX – Dangerously hot temperatures are on the way throughout the Southwest. An excessive heat warning prompted health officials in Arizona to reschedule outdoor COVID-19 vaccination operations, fire officials to…
Blotter lightscca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 8:05 a.m. Mail theft was reported in the area of County Road 328. 12:36 p.m. A suspicious man kept coming to someone’s…
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The number of new coronavirus cases on the Navajo Nation remained low Friday while the tribe reported no additional deaths. The figures bring the total number…
Wildlife officials say the confirmation of the first wolf family in Colorado since the 1940s will help biologists establish more gray wolves in the state
John Kellner, 18th Judicial district attorney, makes a point during a news conference Thursday in Centennial. Three agencies – the district attorney’s office, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Wednesday 8:30 a.m. A woman’s vehicle was keyed in the 3800 block of North Earl Street. 1:53 p.m. A bike was stolen in the 3100…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced the first five winners of $50,000 scholarships in a program Thursday designed to encourage students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press file)David Zalubowski…
'I think we’ve hit our stride,’ says Senate majority leader
Stone-Manning’s views on land use, location of headquarters hit home in West
In this 2015 file photo, a riverboat glides through Lake Mead on the Colorado River at Hoover Dam near Boulder City, Nevada. The key reservoir on the Colorado River is…
Starting Friday, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will unite for Summer Blitz DUI Enforcement. Increased law enforcement will be in effect through June…
Significant changes were made to property tax rates, tax loopholes and tax credits that will affect the wallets of people across the state
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Tuesday 12:18 p.m. A man kept walking by a bathroom and looking inside a bathroom in the area of 20th Street and East Second Avenue.…
The Colorado Legislature ended its 2021 session this week after the Democrat-controlled Legislature pushed through a swath of progressive legislation on their agenda with little Republican support. (David Zalubowski Associated…
Measure from Colorado Democrats aims to drive down waste
BOULDER – A high school principal in Colorado announced she is resigning a couple of weeks after a photo of three students re-enacting the killing of George Floyd in the…
A cyclist rides up Hwy. 6 to Loveland Pass on Sept. 15, 2020. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News) Visitation to Colorado’s mountain towns picked up over Memorial Day weekend, the official…
Samantha Moreno Rodriguez was arrested Tuesday in Colorado less than 12 hours after she was identified by Las Vegas police as the suspect in the death of her 7-year-old son,…
FIRESTONE – A tornado that touched down in a largely rural area of northern Colorado on Monday damaged at least one home and brought down power poles and lines, authorities…
CASTLE PINES – A Minnesota woman is dead after she hit a elk in Colorado. KCNC-TV reported that 18-year-old Kendra Durnan of Buffalo was traveling south on Interstate 25 near…
Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Sunday 2:03 p.m. An arrest was made in connection with a report of seven to eight vehicles drag racing in the 800 block of Camino…
Southwest Colorado, a county sheriff championed a version of the legislation while a police chief opposed it
4,266 properties in Grand Junction meet cleanup criteria for uranium; Durango has 129
