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Colorado renewable energy plan OK’d amid some doubts on cost

DENVER – Colorado regulators approved Xcel Energy’s ambitious plan to nearly double the share of electricity it generates from renewable sources despite some doubts about the company’s claim...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Northwestern Colorado wildfires have cost more than $16 million

GLENWOOD SPRINGS â€“ Officials estimate that the firefighting costs for two wildfires in northwest Colorado exceed $16 million. The Post Independent reports two remote wildfires b...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flagstaff airport to offer non-stop service to Denver

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Flagstaff airport will offer non-stop service to Denver, starting next year. The city announced Monday that it has partnered with United Airlines for servic...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mother: Son killed self after he was bullied for being gay

DENVER – Authorities say Denver Public Schools crisis counselors met with children at an elementary school after a 9-year-old student killed himself after he was reportedly bullied for being...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge declares Utah women, 1 dead, to be legally married

SALT LAKE CITY – A 74-year-old woman cried tears of joy when a Utah state judge took the rare step of declaring her and her longtime lesbian partner legally married just months after her wif...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man sentenced for bulldozing national forest land

GRAND JUNCTION – A man has been sentenced to a year of probation for bulldozing national forest land in western Colorado to build an illegal road. The Daily Sentinel reports 72-ye...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Confederate markers removed from New Mexico rest areas

SANTA FE – The last remaining memorials to Confederate President Jefferson Davis have been removed from New Mexico rest areas along Interstate 10, the main east-west route across the state, ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials cite ‘terrorist attack’ document in New Mexico compound case

SANTA FE, N.M. – Prosecutors seeking to keep two men and three women jailed on child-abuse charges in northern New Mexico now say they seized a document entitled “Phases of a Terrorist Attac...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dog lost after Colorado mountain crash reunited with family

CHAFREE COUNTY – A dog that survived almost three weeks in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains after being thrown from a vehicle in a crash has been reunited with its family. The year-old ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aspen Skiing Co. raises minimum wage amid labor shortage

ASPEN – Aspen Skiing Co. will be recruiting about 1,200 new employees with a higher base pay for the upcoming winter season The Aspen Times reports the minimum hourly wage for com...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protesters block Albuquerque streets over transgender woman’s death

ALBUQUERQUE – Several demonstrators protesting the death of a Honduran transgender woman are blocking traffic in an Albuquerque intersection. The Albuquerque Journal reports more ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man hit and killed by suspected drunken driver in Basalt

BASALT â€“ A 54-year-old Colorado man has been killed by a suspected drunken driver while crossing a highway. Fifty-four-year-old Michael Campion from Aspen Village was hit and ki...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News