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Colorado coroner accused of sending wife to death scenes

DENVER – A Colorado coroner is accused of improperly sending his wife to handle three death scenes – including one in March when she was delayed because the van she was driving was buried in...

DATE: Sep 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New tests find lower radioactivity near Colorado arms plant

DENVER – A new round of soil testing near a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver found no radioactivity above the cleanup standard for the site with a history of environmental violati...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado asks EPA to lower state’s air rating

Businesses say added regulation would be harmful

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oil and gas defenders, critics test Colorado’s new law

DENVER – Colorado has just begun rewriting its oil and gas rules under a new law that flips the state’s priorities from producing energy to protecting the public, but industry defenders and ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildlife roam where U.S. once made nuclear and chemical arms

DENVER – From sites outside Colorado’s largest city to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of places where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to hu...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Court: Electoral College members not bound by popular vote

DENVER – A U.S. appeals court in Denver said Electoral College members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren’t bound by the popular vote in their states. ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Plutonium found in Colorado soil; second test shows lower level

DENVER – Elevated levels of plutonium were found in the soil near a former nuclear weapons plant outside Denver, while a second test showed far lower levels, health officials said Tuesday. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmers use tech to wring every drop from Colorado River

Drones, cameras collect data to help farmers irrigate crops

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado OKs electric car requirement to fight air pollution

DENVER – Colorado tightened its air quality regulations on Friday, requiring that at least 5% of the vehicles sold in the state by 2023 emit zero pollution. The state Air Quality ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver, northern Colorado fall short on U.S. clean air rules

DENVER – Denver and northern Colorado’s urban corridor failed to meet federal ozone pollution standards, and the state will have to come up with a new plan to clean up the air, the U.S. Envi...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. can’t find files on investigation into nuclear arms plant

DENVER – The U.S. Department of Justice has lost track of more than 60 boxes of documents from a 27-year-old criminal investigation into safety and environmental violations at a former nucle...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested in 1987 cold case slaying of soldier in Colorado

DENVER – A suburban Denver man has been arrested in the unsolved slaying of a soldier in Colorado 32 years ago after DNA evidence was used to create an image of what a suspect might look lik...

DATE: Jun 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News