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Odd couple: Jeff Gordon, Howard Hughes join motorsports hall

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Four-time and retired NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon was an obvious choice for the Motorsports Hall of Fame. One of his fellow inductees seemed like a totally random selec...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

‘Jeopardy’ host Trebek has surgery for blood clots on brain

LOS ANGELES – Longtime “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek had surgery for blood clots on the brain, but assured fans he’d be back reading clues to contestants soon. Trebek appeared in a ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Colorado Capitol briefly on lockdown after shooting report

DENVER – A report of shots fired near the Colorado state Capitol briefly put the building on lockdown Thursday. Police are still investigating what happened but said there were no...

DATE: Jan 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov day-to-day with lower-body injury

ENGLEWOOD – Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar says goaltender Semyon Varlamov is “day-to-day” after suffering a lower-body injury. Varlamov felt some soreness after making a m...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado Buffaloes bring in Kurt Roper as quarterbacks coach

Roper previously coached at South Carolina

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports

VA document says Colorado gunman had fled mental ward

DENVER – A Veterans Affairs document obtained by The Associated Press says the gunman who killed a Colorado sheriff’s deputy escaped from the mental health ward of a VA hospital in Wyoming i...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: The average Colorado low-wage worker is 34 years old

VAIL â€“ A think tank says the average age of a low-wage worker in Colorado is 34 and many are female minorities. The Vail Daily reports that a study by the Colorado Fiscal Instit...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sports Authority Field signs coming down at Broncos stadium

DENVER – Sports Authority Field signs will be coming down soon but the home of the Denver Broncos isn’t getting a new name yet. Broncos CEO Joe Ellis said Tuesday that the stadium...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Navajo Nation’s economic development director steps down

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The director of the Navajo Nation’s Division of Economic Development has stepped down. Tribal officials say Crystal Deschinny left the job Tuesday for persona...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officials try to stop spread of chickenpox in New Mexico prison

CHAPARRAL, N.M. â€“ State officials say two inmates at a southern New Mexico prison have come down with chickenpox, and authorities are trying to limit the varicella virus that causes illnes...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grandmother gets 7 years in prison for injuring grandson

DENVER â€“ A 57-year-old Colorado grandmother has been sentenced to seven years in prison for causing her 6-month-old grandson to suffer a brain injury. Rebecca Laca of Denver ple...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Elderly New Mexico woman’s home broken into 5 times

ALBUQUERQUE – The home of an elderly Albuquerque woman hospitalized for a week has been reportedly burglarized at least five times, highlighting the city’s rising crime rates. Alb...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World