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Votes on minimum wage, abortion rights loom in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The state House of Representatives is poised to vote on Democratic-sponsored bills to raise the statewide minimum wage, guarantee abortion rights and replace the Columbus Day holi...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver-area immigration center adds annex with 432 beds

DENVER – The Denver area’s immigration detention center has added 432 new beds to the facility and expects to have them nearly filled by the end of the week. The Denver Post re...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fiesta de Santa Fe to allow married, divorced ‘La Reina’

SANTA FE – Organizers of an annual Santa Fe fiesta that once honored a 17th-century Spanish conquistador have changes rules for the high-profile role of La Reina. The Santa Fe ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 bodies recovered from frozen lake in western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION â€“ Search and rescue crews have recovered the bodies of two men who drove a tracked snow vehicle onto a frozen lake and fell through the ice in western Colorado. T...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police suspect New Mexico blast that killed 1 was suicide

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police said Tuesday they suspect a man who died in an explosion behind an Albuquerque, New Mexico, strip mall intended to kill himself. The improvised device e...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

France honors Colorado veterans of World War II

WINDSOR – Veterans of World War II from Colorado received the Légion d’Honneur, or Legion of Honor, from the French government. The Coloradoan reports the veterans were honored Mo...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rockslide closes I-70 in western Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A stretch of Interstate 70 is closed in western Colorado because of a rock slide, forcing drivers to make long detours to travel east or west. The rockslide hap...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man suffocates mountain lion who attacked him near Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS – Wildlife officials say a man who fought off a young mountain lion on a northern Colorado trail killed the animal by suffocating it. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 men missing after vehicle likely falls through ice

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say two men are missing after they possibly drove a tracked snow vehicle onto a frozen lake and fell through the ice in western Colorado. The Daily...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado deputies charged with manslaughter in man’s death

DENVER – Two Colorado sheriff’s deputies have been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 23-year-old man that investigators found had been handcuffed and placed face down on the floor ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado pushing Denver schools, teachers on negotiations

DENVER – The state is pushing Denver schools and teachers to try harder to reach a contract agreement to avoid a strike, saying it’s concerned that talks aren’t being conducted with “integri...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump to name acting Interior secretary, a Colorado native, to lead department

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says he’s nominating a Washington veteran with lobbying ties to U.S. energy companies to lead the Interior Department. David Bernhardt, current...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World