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CHICAGO – Dozens of police officers were searching a lagoon on Chicago’s West Side on Sunday where a toddler’s decomposed…

Bears spotted in Denver searching for food

Wildlife officials prepare to move a black bear that wandered into a neighborhood in Centennial. Officials say bear sightings are…

Cars on show

Local Briefs

The city of Durango will not be enforcing metered parking Monday because of the Labor Day holiday. Parking downtown –…

Cessna plane goes down north of Purgatory Resort

A Cessna plane went down near the Grizzly Peak area, San Juan sheriff’s officials told KCJT-TV on Sunday. The Colorado…

One dead, one injured in crash

Collision closes Highway 550

Ohio couple calls out heroin in teen daughter’s obituary

They directed the funeral home to begin Alison Shuemake’s obituary by stating flatly that she died “of a heroin overdose.”…

It’s a seller’s market, but getting a good deal can still take some work

Most real estate experts agree it’s a seller’s market right now, but they also caution that correctly pricing a home…

Dayplanner Monday

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard…

Millennials have low opinion of themselves, compared to boomers

That’s the finding from the Pew Research Center, whose latest report on generational groups holds a mirror up to each…

Hunter tied to Cecil the lion killing headed back to work

Protestors gather outside Dr. Walter James Palmer’s dental office in Bloomington, Minn., in July after Palmer killed Cecil, a black-maned…

Rain soaks rally, not spirits

pounds Ignacio, but bikers bond in wake of bad weather

Commissioners drafting co-opt agreement to collect reimbursement from EPA

Plata has spent $178,000 in response to Gold King Mine spill

Preliminary plans for Southfork headed to city council for review

Mixed-use development project depends on Bridge to Nowhere leading to somewhere

HUD report is flawed, housing group says

In a letter, the director of the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association told Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro…

Too much of a good thing? Here’s what you can do with that extra produce

My supper one day recently consisted of two cobs of roasted sweet corn, milk, slices of orange and red bell…

Panel urges full disclosure on fees

Airline passenger advocacy group FlyersRights is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt a rule that would require airlines to…

U.S. construction spending reaches highest level in 7 years

Construction spending rose to annual rate of $1 trillion in July, the highest level in seven years, the Commerce Department…

Living Smart Digital technology helping homeowners live better, easier

Lee’s 80-something mother lives alone in a smarthome. “I put a small system in her house that enables me to…

Region Briefs

DENVER – The federal government says 17 Colorado counties affected by drought are eligible for assistance after being designated natural…

Work to begin on Red Mountain Pass

will be open overnight, lunch time only

Work to close Lewis Creek Road

replacing bridge abutment

8th Annual Iron Horse Chef a tie

Oil, gas industry responding to threat of worker lung disease

Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable disease caused by breathing in particles of sand, or respirable crystalline silica. Some…