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The Associated Press

Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths

BERLIN – The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died. The U.N. age...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Colorado State football coach Mike Bobo unsure if he will coach opener

Rams preparing to play without head coach against Hawaii

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Colorado legislative aide punished for Putin portrait prank

DENVER – An adviser to a Democratic legislative leader in Colorado has been punished for helping a progressive group put a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin on brief display at the...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak in Colorado

ASPEN – A 56-year-old Texas man has been rescued from Colorado’s Maroon Peak after he fell 100 feet into a gully. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Keith Br...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FAA grants Spaceport Colorado an operator license

DENVER – Federal regulators have granted Spaceport Colorado its operator license, making it the 11th facility in the country that could one day accommodate next-generation space vehicles. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Popular corpse flower expected to bloom in September

DENVER – The Denver Botanic Gardens’ corpse flower is expected to bloom in all its rotting-corpse-smelling glory in early to mid-September. The Denver Post reports horticulturalis...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque makes progress on rape kit backlog

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s most populous city has made some progress to clear its backlog of untested rape kits as state public safety officials are close to erasing their own backlog. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico wind-powered transmission project faces more opposition

ALBUQUERQUE – The SunZia project’s road to commercial operation is facing a new round of controversy, this time from community groups that fear the transmission line from New Mexico to Arizo...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawyer fears that wildfire defendant will be made scapegoat

ASPEN – A lawyer for one of two people charged with starting a western Colorado wildfire says he’s worried that “mob rule” will lead to unfair treatment of his client. The Aspen D...

DATE: Aug 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press c...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police: Former Aztec High School teacher had sex with girls

AZTEC – Authorities in New Mexico say a former high school teacher accused of having sex with a student admitted to doing so with several other girls while a teacher in Aztec. Pol...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Contractor makes progress on new border wall in New Mexico

SANTA TERESA, N.M. – Construction workers have completed more than half of a new barrier along a desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico as part of President Donald...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News