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Wildfire prompts new evacuations in south-central Colorado

SALIDA – An active wildfire burning in a rural area of south-central Colorado has prompted new evacuations in Chaffee and Fremont counties. The new evacuations Sunday included t...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado soldier sentenced to life for fatal shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – A former soldier who was stationed at Colorado’s Fort Carson has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting in a nearby community. The Gazette rep...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teachers strike at rural Colorado school district

FAIRPLAY – Teachers at a rural, central Colorado school district have gone on strike over a contract dispute, causing Park County School District RE-2 to cancel classes. Teacher...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bicyclist completes solo ride of entire Pony Express Trail

RENO, Nev. – Jan Bennett endured food poisoning, hail and near misses with tornado weather on her solo bicycle ride across the entire 2,220-mile Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri,...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico forecast to lead U.S. in pecan production in 2019

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico is expected to lead the U.S. in pecan production this year as growers prepare for the upcoming harvest. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s statistics ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Big avocado earns Hawaii family Guinness World Records honor

WAILUKU, Hawaii – A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness...

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

NFL Roundup: Watson leads Texans past Mahomes, Chiefs

49ers remain undefeated with win over Rams

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New Mexico man in baby shooting case to get new attorney

GALLUP, N.M. – A New Mexico man who reportedly admitted to accidentally shooting an infant girl and tried to arrange the killing of the baby’s mother and a key witness is getting a new attor...

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s 14ers keep getting busier, report shows

COLORADO SPRINGS – A report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative says the state’s 54 highest summits continue to see an increasing number of people seeking to climb the fourteeners. ...

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei sets world marathon record in Chicago

Durango’s Laura Thweatt takes eighth

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Top 25 College Football: No. 3 Georgia upset by South Carolina

No. 5 LSU tops No. 7 Florida

DATE: Oct 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Colorado to consider placing fewer youth on sex registry

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers have advanced a proposal to place fewer convicted juveniles on the state sex offender registry and partially seal the list from the public, officials said. ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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