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"Widespread access to long-acting contraceptives is credited with declining teen birth rates in La Plata County and across Colorado," reports The Durango Herald. “It’s...
"Colorado drug deaths almost certainly were the worst in the state’s history last year, as the opioid epidemic morphed into a broader overdose crisis....
"Final returns on Tuesday for Erie's municipal election, billed in recent months as a referendum on the town's renewed post-Firestone approach to oil and...
"In January, the Summit County Sheriff's Office operations commander and SWAT team coordinator, Lesley Mumford, was called into Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons' office for a...
"An 'unprecedented' spike in rabid skunks is gripping El Paso County and the state - even in traditionally uncommon areas like Colorado Springs' Old...
"A driver was cited by Steamboat Springs police Sunday after interrupting a peaceful demonstration with an obnoxious cloud of dark exhaust," reports The Steamboat...