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Colorado man pleads guilty to holding strangers at gunpoint

ASPEN – A Colorado man accused of holding three strangers at gunpoint on Independence Pass near Aspen has pleaded guilty to menacing and attempted kidnapping. The Aspen Times r...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dozens of teams to convene for New Mexico STEM Challenge

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – It’s crunch time for dozens of student teams that will be testing their ability to use science, technology, engineering and math to solve real-world problems. H...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

County options for juvenile detention in New Mexico shrink

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A southern New Mexico county has renewed an agreement with another county hundreds of miles away to continue housing its juvenile detainees there. The Otero Cou...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nicole Schmidhofer beats Shiffrin to win downhill at Lake Louise

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Here’s a scary thought for her competition: Mikaela Shiffrin is still getting comfortable with the intensity and the speed of the downhill. That’s why podiu...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Firefighter dies in building fall in Colorado ski community

COPPER MOUNTAIN – A firefighter has died after falling from a condominium building in a Colorado ski community. Ken Jones, 46, had climbed to the roof of the five-story building i...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado state Rep. Kimmi Clark Lewis dies of cancer at 62

COLORADO SPRINGS – Republican state Rep. Kimmi Clark Lewis, who represented a large rural swath of eastern Colorado, has died after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62. L...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hepatitis A on rise in Colorado with nearly 300 known cases

DENVER – Almost 300 people have contracted hepatitis A in Colorado since an increase in the contagious liver disease began in 2018. At least two of those people have died, accor...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mysterious memorial to ‘Lawnmower Man’ reappears after theft

ROSWELL, N.M. – A mysterious memorial dedicated to a New Mexico homeless man who mowed lawns has reappeared after a similar one was stolen. KRQE-TV reports that a lawnmower memori...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico college faculty votes for collective bargaining

FARMINGTON –Faculty members at a New Mexico college have voted to begin the process of unionization and collective bargaining with administrative officials amid increasing faculty turnover. ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowboarder/ski racer Ester Ledecka wins World Cup downhill

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Czech Republic racer Ester Ledecka, who also competes in snowboarding, made a charge from late in the field to win her first World Cup competition on the ski side. ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New Mexico school football programs to see big realignments

ALBUQUERQUE – The governing board for New Mexico high school sports has voted to realign several football programs. Mayfield High School, one of New Mexico’s most storied programs...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Man wounded in police shooting in Colorado mountain town

AVON – A man was hospitalized after being shot by police in the parking lot of a store in a Colorado mountain town Thursday night. The shooting happened soon after state troopers ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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