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Interior nominee focus of Colorado bid to keep lands agency

GRAND JUNCTION – Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and Grand Junction business leaders plan to lobby President Joe Biden’s Interior secretary nominee to keep the headquarters of...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New normal: Tom Brady gets 7th trophy in NFL season to remember

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — So much of it looked familiar — from the heartfelt rendering of the national anthem, to the silvery, star-studded halftime show, to Tom Brady standing there at the end wit...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bucs’ Javadifar, Locust 1st female coaches to win Super Bowl

TAMPA, Fla. — Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar, Super Bowl champs. To their many fans in the NFL world and beyond, that’s got a real nice ring to it. Locust and Javadifa...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Four skiers killed, four injured by Utah avalanche, police say

SALT LAKE CITY – An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, police said. The Unified Police Department told the KSTU TV station...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 424 additional COVID-19 cases, eight deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 424 additional COVID-19 cases and eight deaths as the coronavirus outbreak in the state continued to slow. The latest figures released b...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Structure fire in village spreads into New Mexico forest

SACRAMENTO, N.M. â€“ A fire that started Friday night in a structure in the southern New Mexico mountain village of Sacramento spread into an adjacent national forest before crews stopped it...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmaker changes affiliation after abortion vote

SANTA FE – A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico who voted in favor of a Democratic-backed abortion bill has left the GOP, officials said. House Minority Leader Jim Townsend said on...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

HBO docuseries to explore Woody Allen, Mia Farrow fallout

LOS ANGELES – A documentary series examining Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s doomed relationship and its fallout, including allegations that he sexually abused a daughter, will air on HBO. ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Flags lowered in Colorado for FBI agent killed in Florida

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff on all public buildings across the state on Saturday after the death of FBI agent Laura Schwartzenb...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endangered wolves sent from Arizona to Texas to aid species

PHOENIX – A pack of endangered Mexican gray wolves has become two. Two wolves and three of their pups were sent from the Phoenix Zoo to the El Paso Zoo in Texas last month in a bi...

DATE: Feb 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Victim of Vail avalanche identified

VAIL – The skier who died in an avalanche in Colorado this week has been identified as 41-year-old John Kuo, the Eagle County Coroner’s Office said Friday. Kuo had been skiing at ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile

BERLIN – It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contende...

DATE: Feb 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Nation & World