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Republican state representative left a loaded handgun in Colorado Capitol bathroom

Incident comes as Democrats try to ban guns at the state house

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Republican effort to impeach Colorado’s secretary of state fails

Jena Griswold argued former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from holding office again

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado debating bill that would allow local governments to regulate pesticides. Industry lobbyists are fighting it

A bill in the state legislature would allow cities to make their own rules on the chemicals, but applicators hammer a “patchwork” system

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Skier dies while attempting to jump highway near Winter Park

21-year-old man was killed just west of Berthoud Pass summit

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado could use $700 million of TABOR surplus on a new child tax credit

Starting Spring 2025, Colorado’s lower-income families could receive an average of $2,500 per year under a state-level child tax credit. The proposal, which is moving forward at the statehou...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Littleton school bus aide accused of beating nonverbal autistic boys during rides

A Littleton school bus assistant repeatedly abused at least two severely disabled boys during trips to and from a school for kids with autism and developmental disabilities, police said, and...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Blotter, April 5-8

Monday 12:43 a.m. A person at Greenmount Cemetery, 900 Cemetery Road, was arrested for trespassing. Sunday 1:57 a.m. A person near the intersection of East 15th Street and Main Avenu...

DATE: Apr 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado could become a national model for housing transgender women in prison

Colorado will pioneer a new approach to housing transgender women in prison that experts say could become a model for other states. The move is part of a legal settlement in a case brought b...

DATE: Apr 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New state office would be barrier-breaking hub for Coloradans with disabilities

Rep. David Ortiz, the first Colorado lawmaker to use a wheelchair, sees proposed Disability Opportunity Office as way to continue advocacy

DATE: Apr 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how some Colorado students learn. Is your school on the cutting edge?

Victor Oshmyan, a sophomore at Niwot High, clicks his mouse to engage a car. It’s aimed at little model pedestrians. But he stops the car in the nick of time before it runs them over. “It ac...

DATE: Apr 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado pumps $21 million into fast-charger expansion for electric vehicles

As EV sales slow, Colorado wants the new stations to serve as an answer to consumer ‘range anxiety’

DATE: Apr 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Democrats say property tax relief is coming

But there’s no money in the state budget to pay for it

DATE: Apr 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Hozhoni Days at Fort Lewis CollegeTribal members come together for two days of celebrating their Indigenous heritage

Tribal members come together for two days of celebrating their Indigenous heritage

Durango High School girls basketball wins bigDHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

DHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

Photos: Horsing around

Photos: Winter storm leaves over a foot of snow

Photos: FLC hoops at WhalenSkyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Skyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Lights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Republican state representative left a loaded handgun in Colorado Capitol bathroom

Republican effort to impeach Colorado’s secretary of state fails

Colorado debating bill that would allow local governments to regulate pesticides. Industry lobbyists are fighting it

Skier dies while attempting to jump highway near Winter Park

Colorado could use $700 million of TABOR surplus on a new child tax credit

Littleton school bus aide accused of beating nonverbal autistic boys during rides

The Blotter, April 5-8

Colorado could become a national model for housing transgender women in prison

New state office would be barrier-breaking hub for Coloradans with disabilities

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how some Colorado students learn. Is your school on the cutting edge?

Colorado pumps $21 million into fast-charger expansion for electric vehicles

Colorado Democrats say property tax relief is coming

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