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Tina Peters covers $256,000 tab to conduct recount in her primary race

Republican candidate running for Colorado secretary of state lost by nearly 90,000 votes

Gun group sues Colorado over gun magazine 15-round limit

Richard Taylor manager of at Firing-Line gun store in Aurora shows some of the pistols that he won’t be able…

Wait times at Colorado abortion clinics hit 2 weeks as out-of-state patients strain system

most of the country, median wait time before overturning Roe v. Wade was around five days

The Blotter

Blotter lightscca La Plata County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday 8:04 a.m. Someone stole tools from a work truck on La Plata…

Conservation groups sue over coal mines in Colorado, Montana

DENVER – Conservation groups filed lawsuits against state environmental agencies in Colorado and Montana this week targeting coal mines in…

July 28, 2022

Rising inflation is on a collision course with Colorado’s TABOR cap

A lag in economic indicators means fast-rising numbers aren’t reflected in calculations

July 28, 2022

Colorado Republican primary losers file last-minute recount requests

Peters, Ron Hanks among candidates who ask for hand tally

July 27, 2022

Rep. Buck tries to prevent Colorado from expanding health care for undocumented immigrants

Boebert, Lamborn co-sponsor No Federal Tax Dollars for Illegal Aliens Health Insurance Act

July 26, 2022

Rocky Mountain National Park is making a comeback after COVID, fire

Trailheads opening after the East Troublesome Fire, a popular campground gets a makeover, and new employee housing on the way

July 26, 2022

Heidi Ganahl wants to eliminate Colorado’s income tax, which accounts for about a third of the state’s budget

Revenue is the largest source of funding for Colorado’s general fund

Steamboat is asking voters to tax Airbnbs to pay for affordable housing

wants to build 2,300 housing units over 20 years

Judge temporarily blocks Colorado town’s gun control rules

Tributes hang on the temporary fence surrounding the parking lot in front of a King Soopers grocery store in which…

Homeowners insurance rate may force some families out of Colorado

sees one of the steepest increases in the country

Weekly planner for July 25-29

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…

July 24, 2022

Colorado voters will decide whether to decriminalize magic mushrooms

Supporters of Initiative 58 turn in enough signatures to qualify for ballot

Colorado man pleads guilty to casting missing wife’s ballot

Barry Morphew was arrested in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, as the result of an ongoing…

Rep. Lauren Boebert has yet to file defamation lawsuit over claims by American Muckrakers PAC

Third District Rep. Lauren Boebert takes the stage at the Western Conservative Summit on June 19, 2021 at the Hyatt…

As CORE Act stalls, supporters hope land legislation will become law someday

a decade of work on bill, its fate may depend on climate in Congress

Tina Peters posts bond after arrest for alleged protection order violation

Election-denying Mesa County clerk turns herself in to Pitkin County authorities on arrest warrant

New arrest warrant alleges Tina Peters violated court order, bond conditions

Embattled election official accused of sending email to protected party

The Blotter

Blotter lightscca Durango Police Department Thursday 2:35 a.m. Someone reported a large party in the 500 block of East Seventh…

Colorado supermarket attack suspect still deemed incompetent

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa listens during a hearing in Boulder on Sept. 7, 2021. Alissa who is charged with killing…

July 21, 2022