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Court finds religious entanglement by Douglas County School District

DENVER – A federal court has ruled that a Colorado school district violated the Constitution when it supported a Christian spring break mission trip in 2014. The Denver Post repor...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado to accelerate cleanup of ‘orphaned’ oil, gas wells

DENVER – Colorado’s governor ordered state regulators on Wednesday to accelerate the cleanup of inactive oil and gas wells whose owners have walked away. Gov. John Hickenlooper al...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico AG seeks to void Hispanic land grant transfer

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Wednesday he is seeking to void a 2003 land transfer from a historic Hispanic land grant on grounds it was illegal. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

911 calls detail aftermath of deadly New Mexico bus crash

ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. – Some callers were breathless and others were crying as they flooded emergency phone lines to report the aftermath of a deadly weekend bus crash on a dark New Mexico highw...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mesa County fair to continue with bear act despite protests

GRAND JUNCTION – A western Colorado fair says it will continue with a scheduled performance featuring live grizzly bears despite protests from animal advocates. Mesa County Fair...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study links air pollution to drop in national park visitors

DENVER – Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what’s found in major cities, according t...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuclear weapons plant

DENVER – A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and settled on land that ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1 student remains in hospital after school bus crash

GREELEY – Officials say 27 out of the 28 people hospitalized following a Colorado school bus crash last week have been released from hospitals. The Greeley Tribune reports one s...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Deadly mushroom found growing in Aurora lawn

AURORA – An amateur mushroom forager spotted a rare and deadly mushroom growing in someone’s lawn as he walked around his Aurora neighborhood. Lazarus Bell spotted a “destroying a...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado legislation aims to bolster failing foster system

DENVER – Sweeping legislative reforms to Colorado’s troubled foster care program take effect in August with the goal of revamping a system where kids graduate from high school at lower rates...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wreckage from missing plane found, pilot’s body identified

BOULDER – Officials say hikers in central Colorado spotted the wreckage of a plane that went missing after it left Erie for a destination in Utah. Park County Undersheriff Dave Wo...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they’ve begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a coal-fired power plant on their land. The Navajo Generating Stat...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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