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Baby dies after left in car overnight night outside Gallup

GALLUP, N.M. –A 2-month-old baby was found dead in western New Mexico after authorities say the child was left in a car overnight. The Gallup Independent reports the parents calle...

DATE: Feb 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: 69 Colorado residents prescribed aid-in-dying meds

50 actually filled prescription

DATE: Feb 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Home Depot to give one-time bonus of up to $1,000 to employees

Home-improvement company cites recent tax overhaul

DATE: Jan 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Mortgage rates rise for 3rd straight week

WASHINGTON – U.S. mortgage rates rose this week for a third week in a row, lifted by investors’ expectations for faster economic growth, which has pushed up borrowing costs. Mortg...

DATE: Jan 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Federal regulators cite 4 employers in deadly 2017 explosion

DENVER – Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 20...

DATE: Jan 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rig count down by 3 to 936

Four rigs dropped in Colorado

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Banker survey suggests economy remains slow in rural areas

OMAHA, Neb. â€“ Declining numbers in a new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall economic index f...

DATE: Jan 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Police: 5 killed, 1 injured in New Mexico helicopter crash

RATON, N.M. – A helicopter crashed in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico, killing five people and seriously injuring the sixth person aboard, a New Mexico State Police spokeswom...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Family searches for answers after horse found dismembered

PUEBLO – A Colorado family is searching for answers after their beloved horse, Nickel, was butchered. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the family found the 22-year-old animal Friday m...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. rig count jumps by 15 to 939

Colorado added 2 rigs this week

DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Bear spotted wandering around southwestern Colorado town

TELLURIDE – State and local authorities say a bear has been spotted wandering in Telluride. The Telluride Daily Planet reported Wednesday the bear was spotted in Mountain Village....

DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Ass...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World