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Overall champions Mikaela Shiffrin, Marcel Hirscher win at skiing’s World Cup finals

ARE, Sweden – Overall champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher dominated the penultimate World Cup races of the season on Saturday. Both racers had already locked up their o...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pilot for ’90s TV show reboot to be filmed in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – A pilot for a reboot of a late-1990s TV series will be filmed in Albuquerque. The “Untitled Roswell Project” TV show aired for three seasons and 61 episodes and was ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

5 types of apples, once thought extinct, are rediscovered

LEWISTON, Idaho – Five types of apples, once thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in northern Idaho and eastern Washington. The Lewiston Tribune newspaper reported earlie...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

NCAA Tournament: UMBC stuns Virginia in biggest upset ever

Top-overall seed Cavaliers rocked by Retrievers

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

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: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fire destroys buildings, forces evacuations near Fort Carson

FORT CARSON – A wildfire that started on Fort Carson spread off the Army post amid dry, windy weather Friday, destroying an unknown number of structures and forcing the evacuation of nearby ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official fears it’s too late to cut Colorado I-25 toll lanes

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado transportation official is concerned that removing toll lanes from a proposal to widen a stretch of Interstate 25 could hurt El Paso County’s chances of winning...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

NCAA Tournament: Arizona run over by Buffalo in opening-day shocker

Loyola-Chicago’s turn to play Cinderella

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

After Olympic and downhill titles, Goggia gets a bonus win

Vonn gets a podium; eyes record 86 wins next season

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Second victory in two days for Austrian skier

ARE, Sweden – Vincent Kriechmayr made it two wins in two days by taking the final World Cup super-G of the season on Thursday. In a shortened race, the Austrian finished a narrow ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado man who shot friend sentenced to jail, probation

GRAND JUNCTION – A Grand Junction man who told police he thought a handgun was unloaded when he pointed it at his best friend and shot and killed him last year has been sentenced to 90 days ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lindsey Vonn claims fourth consecutive downhill, but Goggia takes event’s title

ARE, Sweden – Sofia Goggia and Lindsey Vonn each had something to celebrate when their season-long rivalry in downhill concluded Wednesday. Goggia followed up her Olympic downhill...

DATE: Mar 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports