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More than 12,000 claims filed for hail damage in Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS – Insurance companies say they have received more than 12,000 claims for damage to vehicles and houses in Colorado Springs after the city’s worst hail storm in 20 years. ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lake Tahoe clarity sinks to all-time low in 2017

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – Scientists at Lake Tahoe say the clarity of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada line sank to an all-time low last year. Experts say the 9....

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Yosemite’s haven for giant sequoias ready for visitors

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Yosemite National Park’s largest sequoia grove is ready to open to the public after crews completed a restoration project to protect the nearly 500 ancient t...

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Jury finds artist guilty of littering around Aspen museum

ASPEN – An Aspen jury has found an artist guilty of littering outside an art museum. The Aspen Times reports Lee Mulcahy was cited in October after a surveillance video showed he ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

California eyes July for reopening iconic Highway 1 stretch

BIG SUR, Calif. – California transportation officials have targeted July for reopening an iconic stretch of Highway 1 in the scenic Big Sur coastal region that was blocked last year by a mas...

DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

WWII Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tom Holiday dies at age 94

ST. GEORGE, Utah – Samuel Tom Holiday, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, died in southern Utah Monday surrounded by family members who raised money through a crowdfunding campai...

DATE: Jun 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico considers new high school diploma alternatives

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico education officials are considering a proposal that would change the path for students to use alternative methods to graduate if they don’t get high enough scores on...