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Man accused of starting Colorado wildfire charged with arson

DENVER – Colorado prosecutors charged a man Thursday with 141 counts of arson, representing dozens of homes and buildings destroyed by a massive wildfire that firefighters are still battling...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Micro-loan pioneer seeks new inspiration at Santa Fe bazaar

SANTA FE – Nobel laureate and financier to the poor Muhammad Yunus is taking his campaign to reimagine capitalism and reverse the world’s concentration of wealth to the International Folk Ar...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More Colorado fire evacuees allowed back home

DENVER – People evacuated by two Colorado wildfires are now being allowed back home. All mandatory evacuations were lifted Wednesday night for the Lake Christine Fire near Basalt ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Missing swimmer’s body recovered in Steamboat Lake

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Searchers have recovered the body of a Colorado Parks and Wildlife employee who went missing while swimming in Steamboat Lake. Steamboat Today reports the 24-y...

DATE: Jul 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aurora police officer fired for racist comment is reinstated

AURORA – The Aurora police chief says a former lieutenant will return to the department after he was fired for making a racist remark that was caught on his body camera. The Auror...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico county prepares for effects of possible lizard conservation

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – A little lizard is the center of controversy again, with a Chaves County administrator vowing to work if need be to keep lands in the county available for business use. ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s hot temps make June the third warmest on record

The U.S. and Colorado have been hot. Really hot. Average temperatures in June were higher than usual, marking last month the third-warmest June recorded in the nation and across t...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews still working to put out Colorado recycling fire

DENVER – Firefighters are still working to put out a fire at a metal recycling facility just north of downtown Denver. The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon and sent up a large, ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews gaining on huge Nevada wildfire visible from space

RENO, Nev. – More than 600 firefighters slowed the progress Tuesday of a massive wildfire in a remote part of northern Nevada that is generating so much heat and smoke that it’s now visible ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Stapleton taps GOP state lawmaker as running mate

DENVER – In a bid to carve out the middle ground in an increasingly polarized political environment, Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton has tapped Lang Sias, a mode...

DATE: Jul 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. delays decision on drilling near Great Sand Dunes park

DENVER – The U.S. government on Tuesday delayed a decision on a contentious proposal to allow oil and gas drilling near Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado, saying it first w...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fire at recycling plant fouls air north of downtown Denver

DENVER – Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a metal recycling facility just north of downtown Denver that sent up a large, black plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. ...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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