Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color

SALT LAKE CITY – In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece. Seraphine Warr...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman charged with murder accused of trying to cover tracks

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A U.S. Air Force airman on trial on charges of kidnapping a Mennonite woman in New Mexico, fatally shooting her and dumping her body in northern Arizona, had tried unsucc...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The latest draft of Colorado’s district map could become the final version

A supermajority of commissioners must agree on a final map by Sept. 28, or the draft released Thursday will be one step closer to being final

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans

WASHINGTON – Speaking in personal terms, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said extensive news media coverage of the disappearance and death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito while on a cross-country...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman charged with killing stepson will stand trial

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday after reviewing evidence in the case. Authorities allege that Letec...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Best bets in and around Durango

Best bets this weekend include sheep trailing in Bayfield and Animas Museum Live! Bayfield Heritage Day and Sheep Trailing will be held Saturday in downtown Bayfield. The event, back after l...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

WASHINGTON – Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. The first fo...

DATE: Sep 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Third and final measure qualifies for Colorado’s 2021 statewide ballot

Signatures turned in to Secretary of State’s Office by proponents of Initiative 19 were deemed sufficient Tuesday

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government released projections Wednesday that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West.

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bennet and Romney raft Colorado River amid historic drought

Ranches in Southwest Colorado suffering from water shortages

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury seated in case of man suspected of killing Farmington woman

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Opening statements in the case of a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the shooting death of a Mennonite woman are scheduled to start Friday. Mark Gooch, 22, faces up to lif...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 charged in death of elderly woman left outside in heat

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Three assisted living facility workers are being prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease who authorities alleged was left outside in sweltering weather for six hours, officials said.

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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