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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...

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 ...

Colorado sisters killed when train hits car in Platteville

GREELEY – Two sisters from Greeley were identified as the victims of a collision between a train and a car in northern Colorado. The Greeley Tribune reports obituaries identify ...

Suspect in road rage shooting gets more time to enter plea

BRIGHTON – A judge has given a Colorado man more time to enter a plea to charges that he fatally shot a 13-year-old boy and wounded three people, including the boy’s mother and younger broth...

PITTSBURGH (7-2-1) at DENVER (4-6)

TV: 2:25 p.m. Sunday, CBS OPENING LINE: Steelers by 5 RECORD VS. SPREAD: Pittsburgh 6-3-1, Denver 4-5-1 SERIES RECORD: Broncos lead 19-11-1 ...

New Mexico marks record for monthly oil and gas lease sale

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office has set a record for its monthly oil and gas lease sale, generating more than $43 million for public schools and other trust land beneficiaries. ...

2 Utah teens accused of stealing small airplane

VERNAL, Utah – Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage boys they say stole a small airplane at a private airstrip in rural eastern Utah and flew about 15 miles before landing successfully at...

Suspect shot by Colorado officer after one-vehicle crash

CRESTED BUTTE – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a Colorado State Patrol officer fatally shot someone at the scene of a one-vehicle crash in western Colorado. ...

Woman pleads guilty to embezzling Girl Scout cookie profits

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling Girl Scout cookie funds from her daughter’s troop. The Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday that 32-year...

2 dead in Colorado crash involving truck fleeing police

FORT COLLINS – Police in Colorado say two people have died in a crash involving a suspicious pick-up truck that fled from officers. Fort Collins Police Department spokesman Bran...

New Colorado governor to live in Boulder, not state mansion

Polis will be first governor since 1959 not to live in mansion

Underground drilling caused gas leak, may have led to blast

AURORA, – Workers drilling underground pathways struck buried natural gas lines at a senior living community in east suburban Denver shortly before a fatal explosion that burned several home...