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I-70 speed limit reduced at Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado Department of Transportation has reduced the speed limit on Interstate 70 through Grand Junction to 70 mph. The Daily Sentinel reports that the mo...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers send $30.5 billion state budget to Polis

DENVER – Colorado’s Legislature has approved a $30.5 billion state budget for the next fiscal year. The Colorado Sun reports that the document includes $300 million for transporta...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Navajo Nation official sentenced in theft case

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – A former manager of the Navajo Nation’s Tuba City Chapter has been sentenced to jail time and probation in a theft case. Priscilla Littlefoot had pleaded no con...

DATE: Apr 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Blue Jackets capture Lightning twice

Islanders slide past Penguins for 2-0 lead

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Police: Passenger jumps out of jet at Phoenix airport

PHOENIX – Authorities say a man on a flight that had just landed in Phoenix sprayed other passengers with a liquid from a bottle and then opened one of the jet’s doors and jumped to the tarm...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. lab addresses seismic concerns, resumes waste shipments

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Officials at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories say a special indoor facility for shipping radioactive waste is back in operation after five years. ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. election official rejects push to get gun control on ballot

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s top election official has again rejected an attempt to challenge a new gun control law by getting it on the ballot for voters to decide. Democratic Secreta...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spurned bills included state dance, tinted windshields

SANTA FE – Bills that would make it simpler for the elderly to avoid jury duty and allow tinted auto windshields have been shunned by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The D...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man who pretended to be blind sentenced for defrauding VA

DENVER – A Colorado man has been sentenced to a year in prison for defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $1.3 million by pretending to be blind. Mike Blea, o...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hunting bans for poachers who killed bear at landfill

ASPEN – A father and son who pleaded guilty to poaching a bear at a landfill in western Colorado have been banned from hunting and fishing in most of the United States. The Asp...

DATE: Apr 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tkachuk, Smith lift Flames over Avalanche in Game 1

CALGARY, Alberta – Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and Mike Smith made 26 saves for his first playoff shutout in nearly seven years, and the Calgary Flames blanked the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on...

DATE: Apr 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

U.S. long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 4.12%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose moderately this week, remaining at historically low levels that can lure potential purchasers in the spring homebuying season. Mort...

DATE: Apr 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business