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Navajo Nation reports 51 more COVID-19 cases, 1 new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Friday reported 51 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death. It was…

October 9, 2021

Biden restores Bears Ears, other monuments cut by Trump

The "House on Fire" ruins are shown in Mule Canyon, near Blanding, Utah, in 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)Rick Bowmer…

Arizona murder case against US Air Force airman goes to jury

Mark Gooch, 22, sits below an image of Sasha Krause shown on a screen during his trial at the Coconino…

Colorado woman who won’t get vaccinated denied transplant

Leilani Lutali, foreground, recently found out her hospital wouldn’t approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine.…

Navajo Nation reports 49 more COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 49 more COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths. It was…

Colorado heads into snowpack season with low reservoirs – but some hope

Niña could mean dry winter for southern Colorado, but conditions are better than this time last year

Proposition 119: Colorado voters will decide whether to raise marijuana taxes to pay for out-of-school learning

Supporters say it will help close achievement gap, opponents see it as a slippery slope toward privatizing education

October 7, 2021

Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump

Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments downsized by Trump in 2017

October 7, 2021

Latest Colorado legislative draft maps would leave Democrats in control

Commission sets Oct. 12 as deadline to vote on final state House, Senate maps

October 6, 2021

Boebert challenger suspends fundraising, cites redistricting

Colorado state Sen. Kerry Donovan, a leading Democratic challenger to Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in next year's election, has…

October 6, 2021

Proposition 120: Voters will decide if Colorado property taxes will go down – at least for some

Proponents say effort could reduce rents, opponents say it will hurt schools, fire departments

October 6, 2021

Man dies after accidental fall on riverbank in Aspen

ASPEN – Authorities say a 38-year-old Aspen man who was found unconscious and lying partially in the Roaring Fork River…

October 5, 2021

3 Front Range ski areas in Colorado vying to be first to open

DENVER – Three Front Range ski areas vying for the annual distinction of being the first to open for the…

October 5, 2021

When people die recreating, sometimes friends are the ones to find them

Civilian-led rescues have recovered fallen comrades in Colorado’s backcountry

October 5, 2021

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor’s death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with…

October 4, 2021

Colorado woman moves on after surviving 1984 hammer attack

Kim Rice poses for a portrait in front of the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Aurora on Friday, Sept. 24,…

October 4, 2021

Weekly planner for Oct. 4-Oct. 8

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…

October 3, 2021

Southwest hits impressive rainfall during summer monsoon

A man rides a boogie board in a flooded park on July 24 in Scottsdale, Ariz. After two bone-dry years…

At least 92% of Denver city workers vaccinated after mandate

DENVER – At least 92% of Denver’s municipal employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, a day after the…

Bureau of Land Management hopes goats can slow wildfires

DENVER (AP) – A group of horse trailers pulls up to a trailhead outside Carbondale. The doors open and more…

Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage

peeping seasons have been disrupted as the planet warms