Courtesy of Adam Lederer

The hawk perches in a nearby tree after being released. State law required that she be released near where she was initially found in Lewis.

Courtesy of Adam Lederer

SouthWest Avian Protection Service owner Charles Littlejohn holds the year-old red-tailed hawk shortly before her release.

Courtesy of Adam Lederer

The red-tailed hawk is released after four months of rehabilitation.

Associated Press

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold speaks to the state’s nine Democratic presidential electors before they cast votes for Joe Biden at the State Capitol on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff maintain watch over gray wolf M2101 after it was tranquilized and fitted with a GPS collar. M2101 has been spotted in north-central Colorado traveling with gray wolf M1084 from Wyoming’s Snake River Pack. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

Kathryn Scott/Special to The Colorado Sun

Then-state Rep. Larry Liston joins other members and guests in the house chambers as the second regular session of the 72nd Colorado General Assembly convenes at the Colorado State Capitol on January 8, 2020 in Denver.

Suzanne Taheri

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file

Wednesday morning’s dicey commute might be repeated Friday morning. On Thursday, another storm bringing snow, a rain-snow mix and rain moved over the Four Corners. The next chance for precipitation in Southwest Colorado is expected Tuesday.

Joel Priest/Special to the Herald

Bayfield’s Melissa Roberts (6) and Sage Killough (16) throw up a block against Montezuma-Cortez’s Avery Wright (9).