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Bernal lifts injury-hit Team INEOS with Tour de Suisse title

ULRICHEN, Switzerland – In a rough month for Team INEOS, Egan Bernal lifted the British squad with overall victory Sunday in the nine-day Tour de Suisse. Bernal came to Switzerlan...

DATE: Jun 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hot winds fan wildfires in Phoenix area forest, grasslands

SUPERIOR, Ariz. – Hot, dry winds fanned a wildfire that has burned for two weeks in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials looked Saturday to forecasts that gusts would dimini...

DATE: Jun 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe’s ‘Alzheimer’s Cafe’ helping people with dementia

SANTA FE – Monthly gatherings in Santa Fe focusing on creative stimulus for those living with Alzheimer’s or dementia are helping to boost a trend that’s growing nationwide. The c...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pursuing record for hiking notorious Colorado trail

MANITOU SPRINGS – A Colorado man seeks to break a record for hiking a notoriously steep and difficult trail as many times as he can in a year. The current record is 1,719 ascents ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico unemployment rate holds at 5%

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 5%. Among states, only Alaska has higher unemployment. The New Mexico Department of ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado bison herd growing much faster than expected

FORT COLLINS – A bison herd in northern Colorado is growing much faster than expected. The herd at a natural area north of Fort Collins began three years ago as 10 genetically pur...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Germany tops Nigeria, reaches Women’s World Cup quarters

Germans have yet to concede goal

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix

SUPERIOR, Ariz. – Hot, dry winds are fanning a wildfire in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials haven’t ordered more residents to leave an area where than the 700 homes are ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 men who escaped Colorado immigrant detention center caught

DENVER – Authorities have captured three men who escaped from an immigrant detention center in Colorado. KMGH-TV in Denver reported Friday the men were found in three locations bu...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver man gets 10 years in prison for $19M Ponzi scheme

DENVER – A Denver man who bilked investors out of $19 million in a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The Denver Post reported Friday that 72-year-o...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

SALT LAKE CITY – An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-gr...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

USA Cycling hires new SafeSport Director

COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Cycling has appointed Kelsey Erickson as its new SafeSport director. Erickson will oversee the organization’s anti-doping and anti-misconduct efforts. She s...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports