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Lauren Hutton to be honored at Maine film festival

WATERVILLE, Maine – Lauren Hutton is going to be this year’s honoree at the 20th annual Maine International Film Festival. The 73-year-old actress, model and producer will be awar...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Workers help woman find necklace buried in waste

OXFORD, N.J. – A New Jersey woman has been reunited with her special necklace that was thrown in the trash after she went to a hospital, thanks to a group of hardworking sanitation workers. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alaska mountain race suspended after fatal bear attacks

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A popular wilderness race in Alaska has been suspended for a year following two deadly attacks by black bears this week, including one at a mountain race. Univ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Chris Paul re-elected president of the NBPA

NEW YORK – Chris Paul has been re-elected president of the National Basketball Players Association. Paul’s new four-year term begins immediately. He will be assisted by the union’...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Authorities say Colorado fires might have been purposely set

REDVALE, Colo. — Authorities say a series of wildfires that broke out along the border of Colorado’s Montrose and San Miguel counties might have been set on purpose. The San Migu...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State can’t meet deadlines for mental health evaluations

DENVER — Colorado’s state mental hospital says an increase in court orders for mental health evaluations is making it difficult to meet a requirement that jail inmates receive such evaluatio...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tallest building west of Mississippi River is opening in LA

LOS ANGELES – The tallest building west of the Mississippi River opens its doors on Friday, celebrating with lights and fanfare in once-stodgy downtown Los Angeles that is sprouting a crop o...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Report puts New Mexico at No. 34 for education spending

SANTA FE – A report by the Census Bureau ranked New Mexico as 34th in the nation for its public education spending. The Census Bureau released its findings last week, the Santa Fe...

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

NHL considering penalty for failed challenge for offside

CHICAGO – The NHL is considering issuing a minor penalty for a failed coach’s challenge for offside. The penalty would be instead of losing a timeout for a failed challenge under ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Man dies in northwestern Colorado reservoir

CRAIG — A 32-year-old man has died in a northwestern Colorado reservoir. Witnesses told the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office that the man slid into Kenney Reservoir off the clif...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP New Mexico lawmaker wants to shrink national monument

SANTA FE, N.M. — Members of New Mexico’s delegation to Capitol Hill are at odds over whether to reduce the size of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument under a review by the a...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In the stars: New John Green novel coming in October

NEW YORK – John Green fans, mark your calendar. The author of the million-selling The Fault in Our Stars has a new novel coming Oct. 10, Dutton Books announced Thursday. The book ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Books