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Judge: Colorado sheriff cannot hold people for immigration

DENVER – A Colorado judge is barring a sheriff’s department from continuing to jail people suspected of being in the country illegally on behalf of federal authorities, saying that the pract...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body of man missing since April found in Mesa County

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say they have recovered the remains of a 32-year-old man missing since April in western Colorado. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday th...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Store called 911 on student for being ‘black’

SANTA FE – Advocates have filed a complaint in New Mexico on behalf of a college student who says a convenience store employee called police on him for “being arrogant because he’s black.” ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man acknowledges role in killing 2 high school students

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man has pleaded guilty to his role in the gang-related killings of two high school students. The Gazette reports 20-year-old Diego Chacon ple...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Schools: Teacher won’t return after ‘bloody Indian’ comment

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials say a teacher at an Albuquerque high school will no longer work for the school district after she was accused of calling one Native American student a “bloody Indian”...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cement truck used to break into suburban Denver gun shop

LAKEWOOD – Police say thieves used a cement truck to break in and steal guns from a shop in suburban Denver. Officers in Lakewood found the truck still running with its tank spi...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowball fights now legal in Colorado town after boy’s quest

SEVERANCE – A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target wi...

DATE: Dec 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutors: Fight over remote control spawns fatal prison stomping

COLORADO SPRINGS – Prosecutors say a feud over a TV remote control led to a “fatal stomp-down” that killed a 64-year-old inmate at a Colorado Springs prison. The Gazette reports D...

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman avoids prison for girl’s drowning

COLORADO SPRINGS – A woman who was charged after the drowning death of a 9-year-old girl at a hotel pool in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to two years in the custody of a community bas...

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Death penalty sought for man accused of killing deputy

DENVER – Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Colorado sheriff’s deputy. Sue Lindsay, a spokeswoman for the Adams County District Attorney’...

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado pushes for more snowplow drivers among shortage

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Colorado is looking for more drivers to plow roads across the state as winter weather descends. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports the state Department of T...

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Board in struggling Colorado district keeps hiring power

DENVER – The school board of a struggling Denver-area school district will lose most of its power but will retain the power to hire and fire employees. The Colorado State Board ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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