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Fly fisherman, conservationist Bud Lilly dies at 91

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Fly fishing legend, conservationist and catch-and-release pioneer Bud Lilly has died of congestive heart failure at a Montana care center. He was 91. Chris Lilly ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

5 for 5: Sergey Ustiugov extends sweep in Tour de Ski

DOBBIACO, Italy – Sergey Ustiugov is two wins away from the first clean sweep of all seven stages in the 11-year history of the Tour de Ski cross-country race. For his fifth strai...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic champion Stoch takes 4 Hills ski jump title

BISCHOFSHOFEN, Austria – Olympic ski jump champion Kamil Stoch became the first Polish winner of the Four Hills Tour in 16 years on Friday. Stoch won the final stop to overtake Da...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

VP Biden to President-elect Trump: ‘Grow up’

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden told President-elect Donald Trump Thursday to “grow up.” Biden dismissed a Trump complaint on Twitter about how the Obama administration has ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State pot regulators to enter private consulting

DENVER – Colorado’s top marijuana regulators are starting a private consulting business. The marijuana coordinator for Gov. John Hickenlooper and the head of the state’s Marijuana...

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Israeli military faces backlash

Protesters support soldier who killed Palestinian

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No winter lull at Zion National Park in Utah

Winter no longer a slow season

DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Audit: Colorado’s health care exchange should pay back $9.7M

DENVER – Federal auditors say Colorado should repay nearly $9.7 million for grants used to set up the state’s health care exchange after concluding that the money was misspent or not properl...

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. tops Russia in world junior hockey semifinal shootout

MONTREAL – Troy Terry scored on all three of his shootout attempts, the last in the seventh round to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Russia on Wednesday in the world junior hockey ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Sports

No. 18 Butler upsets No. 1 Villanova

First Bulldog win ever against Wildcats

DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Walk Chalk Jayhawk: Kansas gets away with travel on game winner

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Svi Mykhailiuk went the length of the court and threw in a finger-tip layup as the buzzer sounded to give No. 3 Kansas a 90-88 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday night. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Cousins scores 31, Collison 26 as Kings top Nuggets

DENVER – DeMarcus Cousins scored 31 points, Darren Collison had 26 points and seven assists, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 120-113 on Tuesday night. Sacramento ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports