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Boat accident in northeastern Brazil kills at least 22

SAO PAULO – A passenger boat carrying more than 100 people sunk in a bay in northeastern Brazil on Thursday, killing at least 22 and leaving dozens more missing. Navy Lt. Col. Fla...

DATE: Aug 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fort Collins voters to vote on weed regulation in November

FORT COLLINS – Voters in Fort Collins will have the chance to make another call about marijuana regulation come November. Currently, voters must approve changes in city medical ma...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Soldier dies while training in Colorado; no details released

FORT CARSON – An Army post in Colorado says a soldier has died in a training accident, but no details have been released. Officials at Fort Carson say the soldier died at about 2:...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango man injured in highway crash in Alaska; Anchorage woman dies

CANTWELL, Alaska â€“ Alaska State Troopers say a 32-year-old Anchorage woman died in a crash on the Parks Highway near the interior Alaska community of Cantwell. Driver Amanda Fle...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body recovered from Nebraska lake was that of Denver officer

OGALLALA, Neb. – Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was recovered from Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska. He’s been identified as a police officer, Joseph Te...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials question visitor cap for Colorado’s Hanging Lake

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Some officials think the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed daily cap on visitors to a popular Colorado tourist attraction is too low. The Forest Service unveiled a...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coroner: Man in fatal I-70 crash west of Denver was drunk

MORRISON – A coroner has found that the man who killed himself and another driver in a car crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver last month was legally drunk. The Denver Post repo...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service proposes limiting Hanging Lake visitors

GLENWOOD SPRINGS â€“ The U.S. Forest Service says Hanging Lake has continued to see a large increase in visitation over the last decade. Up to 1,200 visitors venture to the lake a day during...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado won’t charge elector who wouldn’t vote for Clinton

Colorado’s top prosecutor won’t prosecute an elector who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton even though state law required him to. Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Monday anno...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eclipse crowds may have doubled Wyoming’s population

Traffic in Equality State up 68 percent

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Morgan Freeman to receive SAG Life Achievement Award in 2018

LOS ANGELES – Morgan Freeman will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award at next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony. The actors union announced Tuesday that Freeman will a...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

3 Afghan prison workers missing during training in Colorado

CANON CITY – Colorado officials say three Afghan prison workers in the United States for training are missing after failing to return from an organized trip. The guards are part o...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News