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Colorado university to offer cannabis-related degree

PUEBLO – A university in Colorado will offer a cannabis-related degree program after receiving approval from the state. Colorado State University is expected to launch the progra...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

University of Northern Colorado puts Greek life on hold

DENVER – The University of Northern Colorado is barring fraternities and sororities from participating in recruitment, initiation, parties and formals this semester after reports of sexual m...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

CSU-Pueblo signs on to $17 million solar panel power project

PUEBLO – CSU-Pueblo has signed on to a $17 million solar panel power project at the university that will be the main generating source for the academic campus. The Pueblo Chief...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police offer reward to solve 1990 bowling alley shooting

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A $30,000 reward has been offered for information about a shooting at a Las Cruces bowling alley in 1990 where five people were fatally shot and two others survived wounds...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged in 2019 killing in New Mexico arrested in Nevada

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A 21-year-old New Mexico homicide suspect has been arrested in Nevada and awaits extradition, authorities said. The Eddy County Sheriff’s Office said Preston Thom...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA

LOS ANGELES – Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Ruling: Defense against excessive force by police is viable

SANTA FE – A court ruling says New Mexico criminal defendants may be allowed to argue that they were trying to defend another person from excessive force by an officer. The state ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. gives Colorado $10M to fix dam upstream of ski resort

BRECKENRIDGE – U.S. emergency management officials have given Colorado a $10 million grant to fix a dam upstream of the ski resort town of Breckenridge that’s listed in unsatisfactory condit...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets life for fatal shooting at Denver-area bar

BRIGHTON – A man who shot an employee to death after a brawl at a suburban Denver bar has been sentenced to life in prison plus 100 years without parole. Gary Wideman was sentence...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teen pleads guilty to murder in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK – The younger of two students charged in a school shooting in suburban Denver that killed a classmate pleaded guilty Friday under an agreement that gives him a chance to be parol...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Brother and sister sentenced for marijuana conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A sister and brother were sentenced Friday for their roles in a marijuana distribution ring that involved mailing marijuana from Colorado to Missouri. Natalie M...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heavy snow, avalanche work close parts of Colorado’s I-70

DENVER – Portions of Interstate 70 through Colorado’s mountains were shut down Friday because of heavy snow and avalanche control work as a winter storm hit the Rockies. A stretch...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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