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Court forces coal company to pause road construction

DENVER – A Colorado coal mining company must temporarily stop building new roads in the Gunnison National Forest’s Sunset Roadless Area, a federal appeals court ruled. The 10th U....

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rock climber dies after falling from Boulder’s Second Flatiron

BOULDER – Authorities say a climber died after falling from the Second Flatiron in Boulder County. Sheriff’s officials say park rangers were called to the scene Friday morning and...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pueblo imposes overnight curfew to stem coronavirus outbreak

PUEBLO – The southern Colorado city of Pueblo is imposing an overnight curfew for the next two weeks to stem a surge in the number of people hospitalized locally for the coronavirus, Mayor N...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The baseball stadium...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Sports

No COVID-19 deaths for ninth time in 10 days on Navajo Nation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 130 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no deaths for the ninth time in the last 10 days. The latest figur...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado jury convicts man in killing of sheriff’s deputy

DENVER – A Colorado jury on Thursday convicted a man in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy in 2018. Dreion Dearing, 24, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the pos...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico offers drought sessions as dry conditions persist

ALBUQUERQUE – A record-breaking winter storm brought much needed precipitation to most of New Mexico this week, but forecasters are warning that drought conditions are expected to persist at...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado inmate dies while being treated for virus symptoms

DENVER – An inmate at a prison in southern Colorado died while being treated at a hospital after showing symptoms of the coronavirus, the state corrections department said Thursday. ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 Colorado wildfires have burned nearly 700 structures

DENVER – Two wildfires that have burned more than 600 square miles in northern Colorado and forced thousands of people to flee their homes have together damaged or destroyed nearly 700 struc...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dozen MLB players have options turned down, go free

ARLINGTON, Texas – What figures to be a down and perhaps brutal market for baseball free agents in the offseason following the pandemic began Wednesday when a dozen players were told their c...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lod, own goal help Minnesota United beat Colorado Rapids

ST. PAUL, Minn. –Robin Lod scored and an own goal by Colorado helped Minnesota United beat the Rapids 2-1 on Wednesday night. On the counterattack, Ethan Finlay played an arcing c...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Denver groups to remove Trump letter from food-aid boxes

DENVER – A coalition of anti-hunger groups in Denver have been removing letters from President Donald Trump from inside federal food assistance boxes that address recipient families. ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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