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Colorado WWII veterans awarded France’s highest honor

WINDSOR – The French government presented five World War II veterans from northern Colorado with the country’s highest honor for their efforts in liberating France from Nazi control in 1944....

DATE: Oct 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Conor Kennedy wants records sealed in Aspen bar fight

ASPEN – A member of the Kennedy family who pleaded guilty in a bar fight in Aspen last year is asking for criminal and court records in the case to be sealed. The Aspen Times re...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo, Hopi tribes get funding to ease coal plant shutdown

PAGE, Ariz. – The federal government is awarding nearly $420,000 to the Navajo and Hopi tribes to prepare for the closure of a coal-fired power plant and mine. The Navajo Generati...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 candidates selected to open marijuana store in Palisade

PALISADE – Fourteen Potential Colorado marijuana business owners put their names in a lottery for the opportunity to open a retail marijuana store in Palisade. The Grand Junction ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Firm to assess Navajo Nation uranium contamination

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A California company has been awarded an $85 million contract to assess uranium contamination on the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a...

DATE: Oct 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Longmont lifts ban on medical, recreational marijuana shops

LONGMONT – Longmont City Council has voted to allow up to four retail businesses to sell marijuana and marijuana products within city limits, nixing a years-old ban on medical and recreation...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque school board opposes state education proposal

ALBUQUERQUE – The board for New Mexico’s largest school district is opposing the state’s proposed changes to science teaching standards that substitute references to rising global temperatur...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

North Korean diplomat describes nukes as ‘sword of justice’

MOSCOW – Russian state news agency Tass says North Korea’s foreign minister has described his nation’s nuclear weapons as a “sword of justice.” Tass quoted North Korean Foreign Mi...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

County officials vote to repeal Chicago-area soda tax

CHICAGO – The Chicago-area’s penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened drinks was repealed Wednesday after a monthslong conflict that included a court battle and millions of dollars’ worth o...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rainbow flag flies at US monument, but not on federal land

NEW YORK – Gay rights activists who worked to get a rainbow flag installed permanently at the newly created Stonewall National Monument are upset the National Park Service says the flag isn’...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump: ‘About time’ NFL demands players stand during anthem

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump says “it is about time” that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell demands “that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY.” ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Swiss team shatters distance records in gas balloon race

ALBUQUERQUE – A Swiss team has won the annual America’s Challenge gas balloon race, traveling the farthest and shattering previous distance records for the annual competition. Bas...

DATE: Oct 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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