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The Blotter

Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Monday 12:18 a.m. Four men were involved in a physical altercation in the 800 block…

June 30, 2021

Man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme that defrauded athletes

DENVER – A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors, including multiple professional athletes, of millions of dollars in…

Navajo Nation: 3 COVID cases, no deaths for third day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported three new cases of COVID-19 and no additional deaths for…

U.S. Supreme Court justice say cannabis ban ‘may no longer be necessary or proper’

High Court declines to hear a lawsuit involving a Denver medical marijuana dispensary

I-70 reopens in western Colorado after mudslide cleanup

Crews make progress cleaning up the lower eastbound decks of Interstate 70 near MM120 after a mudslide swept down the…

Draft maps redraw, renumber state House, Senate districts Southwest Colorado

Drafts are a starting point for redrawing legislative boundaries

AP New Mexico

Teen’s death highlights free-roaming dogs on Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation Animal Control Officer Gregory Pahe resets a trap June 15 after capturing a young stray during a roundup…

As housing crunch worsens, so does search for a place to store stuff

Wait lists growing for storage lockers in mountain communities

Mudslides near burn area close portion of I-70 in Colorado

A portion of Interstate 70 in western Colorado was closed Monday after a series of mudslides triggered by rainfall over…

U.S. judge: Rep. Boebert can block people on personal Twitter

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference June 23 at the Capitol in Washington. A federal judge has…

Weekly planner for June 28-July2

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…

June 27, 2021

Heavy snow could complicate Pikes Peak auto race

DENVER – A heavy summer snowfall forecast for Pikes Peak threatened to complicate one of the oldest auto races in…

June 26, 2021

Colorado law seeks to help ex-inmates get firefighting jobs

DENVER – For $12 a day, Colorado prison inmates trained to fight wildfires stand alongside the state’s seasonal fire crews,…

June 26, 2021

The Blotter

Blotter lightscca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Thursday 10:26 a.m. A civil issue regarding stolen irrigation water was reported in…

Money available for Colorado residents facing eviction

Housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The…

Colorado governor signs farmworker rights and wages law

Thousands of immigrant farmworkers in Colorado will soon have minimum wage, overtime and labor organizing rights under a bill signed…

Wife of Colorado political strategist missing in collapse

DENVER – The wife of a Democratic political strategist from Colorado is among those missing in the condo building that…

Navajo Nation reports 2 more COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported two new cases of COVID-19 and one more death. Tribal…

June 24, 2021

Two Democrats running to unseat Boebert may no longer live in her district

State representative and community activist possibly drawn out of 3rd Congressional District

June 24, 2021

Police chief: Slain Colorado officer was ambushed

A police officer comforts a woman during the investigation of an early afternoon shooting in Olde Town Arvada on Monday…

June 23, 2021