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Wildfire burns empty Boy Scouts’ buildings in dry New Mexico

CIMARRON, N.M. – A wildfire raced across a swath of tinder-dry forest in northeastern New Mexico on Friday, sending up a thick plume of smoke that forced residents to flee their homes as hea...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State Police investigating Dixon homicides

DIXON, N.M. – Some residents in a northern New Mexico community say a home where a triple homicide occurred had a reputation as a drug house. New Mexico State Police are investiga...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado plans to pursue Olympics subject to voter approval

DENVER – Colorado leaders plan to pursue the Winter Olympics but only if voters back the idea. An exploratory committee that has been reviewing whether to pursue the Olympics anno...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire jumps, closes state highway in northern New Mexico

EAGLE NEST, N.M. – A wildfire in northern New Mexico jumped and closed a state highway as it burned 7 square miles of grass and pine, including part of the Boy Scouts’ Philmont Scout Ranch. ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Uber driver fatally shoots man in car on Denver interstate

DENVER – An Uber driver fatally shot a man in a car on a Denver interstate early Friday morning after some kind of altercation. The unidentified man was shot shortly before 3 a.m....

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo judge won’t toss claims of abuse in Mormon program

SALT LAKE CITY – A Navajo Nation judge is refusing to dismiss lawsuits claiming Native American children were sexually abused while enrolled in a Mormon church foster program. Jud...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climbers set speed record on Yosemite’s Nose of El Capitan

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two climbers have set a speed record for ascending the famous Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, one of the world’s most technical and dangerous verticals...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Navajo presidential race draws crowded field of candidates

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The race to become president on the country’s largest American Indian reservation has drawn a crowded field of candidates. Nineteen people met Wednesday’s deadl...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado State claims former professor’s suit has no merit

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University claims a former professor had a history of troubling behavior before she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school. The Fort Co...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado inmate shot trying to escape from courtroom

STERLING – Authorities say a state corrections officer shot an inmate who was trying to escape from a courtroom in northeastern Colorado. Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Estrada was sh...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Town withdraws from tribute to Spanish conquistador

SANTA FE, N.M. – A northern New Mexico town will no longer organize an annual commemoration of the arrival of Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate, leaving the pageant and carnival to an indep...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1996 Everest blizzard survivor found dead in Telluride home

TELLURIDE – A survivor of the deadly 1996 Mount Everest expedition has died at her home in Telluride, Colorado. Charlotte Fox was found dead in her home May 24 at age 61. Friends ...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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