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Boy, 6, hit and killed while riding bike in Breckenridge

FRISCO – Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he was hit by a pickup while riding his bicycle in Breckenridge. The Summit Daily reports the boy, whose name has not been ...

DATE: Apr 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mikko Rantanen ready to return to Avalanche

Star healthy for playoffs against Calgary

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nearly $1B in contracts awarded for border fence sections

PHOENIX – The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded contracts totaling nearly $1 billion to replace short barriers with tall fences along two sections of the U.S.-Mexico border. The...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

People in Colorado, Wyoming urged to get home ahead of storm

DENVER – People in Colorado and Wyoming were urged to get home early Wednesday and stay there before snow and wind from a powerful spring storm make travel all but impossible. The...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flights, baseball canceled ahead of looming spring blizzard

DENVER – Flights and baseball are being canceled ahead of a looming spring blizzard in the Rockies. About 40 percent of Denver International Airport’s daily flights were scratched...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Warnings issued for dangerously strong winds in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Warnings for winds that forecasters say are expected to be strong enough to be dangerous for travel blanket most of New Mexico on Wednesday. The National Weather Ser...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Twitter removes Trump video for use of ‘Dark Knight’ score

WASHINGTON – Twitter removed a campaign video posted by President Donald Trump after Warner’s Bros. Pictures complained about the use of the score from its 2012 movie “The Dark Knight Rises....

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Colorado man sentenced for stealing ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Sno-Cat

EAGLE – A Colorado man has been sentenced to three years in a community corrections program for stealing a Sno-Cat fitted out to look like the “General Lee,” the famous car featured in the c...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Firm picked to manage proposed Route 66 visitor center

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials in New Mexico’s most populous county have chosen the company that will run a proposed visitor center along historic Route 66. The Bernalillo County Commiss...

DATE: Apr 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Woman intended to drive car with children off cliff

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado woman has been charged with attempting to drive off a cliff at a national monument with four children and two dogs. The Daily Sentinel reports 42-ye...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Newcomer Emma Corrin nabs Diana role in ‘The Crown’

LOS ANGELES – Lady Diana Spencer, aka Princess Diana, is joining Netflix’s “The Crown.” British newcomer Emma Corrin will play the ill-fated future wife of Prince Charles in the d...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Sara Gilbert exits ‘The Talk,’ cites work-life balance

LOS ANGELES – Sara Gilbert is leaving the daytime talk show she helped launch. Gilbert announced Tuesday on CBS’s “The Talk” that she’s decided to exit as a co-host because of her...

DATE: Apr 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment