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Man gets 60 years for 1988 slaying of Colorado Springs woman

COLORADO SPRINGS – A man linked by DNA to the 1988 slaying of a Colorado Springs woman has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. James Papol, who was 15 when he attacked 24-year-old Mary Lyn...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 12 new COVID-19 cases and one more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one additional death. Tribal health officials said the total number of cases since t...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials: Two Denver officers suspended for excessive force

DENVER – Two police officers in Denver have been suspended without pay after city officials said they used excessive force during racial justice protests last year sparked by the police kill...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ariz. town readies for tourists after ‘Nomadland’

QUARTZSITE, Ariz. – “Nomadland” was partly filmed in the Western town of Quartzsite and won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year, but it’s still unclear if that will translate into m...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Colorado skier dies after crevasse fall in Alaska national park

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska – A skier from Colorado died after falling into a crevasse on a glacier in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, the park said Tuesday. ...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Probation for ex-police officer accused of kneeling on Black man’s neck

DENVER – A former police officer accused of holding two door-to-door roofing company salesmen on the ground at gunpoint and kneeling on the neck of one of them who is Black, saying they were...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado coroner facing criminal charges submits resignation

VAIL – An elected coroner in Colorado is stepping down after being charged with tampering with a body and losing his licenses to run a chain of funeral homes. Shannon Kent submitt...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kayaker drowns in Cherry Creek Reservoir southeast of Denver

AURORA – Searchers have recovered the body of a 26-year-old man who fell out of an inflatable kayak during a storm that passed over Cherry Creek Reservoir southeast of Denver. ...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports three new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported three new confirmed COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths again. The tribe had six new cases and three coronavirus-rela...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legislature bristles at governor’s vetoes of pandemic aid

SANTA FE – State legislators bristled on Friday at vetoes by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that block legislative authority over new federal pandemic aid, and said they may seek a c...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Off-duty officer arrested in fatal wrong-way crash on I-25

ALBUQUERQUE – A 29-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested in an Albuquerque-area wrong-way crash in which two people were killed early Saturday morning, authorities said. C...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested in New Mexico in 1980 slaying of 79-year-old woman

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Police arrested a 64-year-old man this week in connection with a 1980 cold case where a woman was found dead in her Southern California apartment, officials said Friday. ...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News