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Colorado governor bans late fees for renters until 2021

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has announced an executive order banning late fees for renters in the state through the end of the year. His office also vowed in the same annou...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico marks another daily record for virus cases

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico set a single-day record with 819 confirmed COVID-19 cases, health officials confirmed Friday. New rules to limit gatherings to five people or fewer, reduc...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amid strong wind, new burst for Colorado’s biggest fire

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – More strong wind Friday made the biggest wildfire in Colorado history even worse, keeping firefighting aircraft on the ground and forcing evacuations along a highway leading...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado announces its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

DENVER – Colorado on Friday released its distribution plan for an approved coronavirus vaccine when it becomes publicly available as the state faced a deadline to submit it to the federal Ce...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado announces COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

DENVER – Colorado on Friday released its distribution plan for an approved coronavirus vaccine when it becomes publicly available as the state faced a deadline to submit it to the U.S. Cente...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation lowering flags to honor late tribal president

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – All flags on the Navajo Nation will be flown at half-staff through Monday in honor of former tribal President Thomas Atcitty. The 86-year-old Atcitty died Sun...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three nursing home workers charged after 90-year-old found dead

COLORADO SPRINGS – Three employees at a Colorado nursing home have been charged after a 90-year-old woman was found dead on a bench in below-freezing temperatures earlier this year, police s...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver DA: TV security guard will be charged with murder

DENVER – A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator after opposing rallies will be charged with second-degree murder, Denver’s District Attorne...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court rejects bid to extend vote counting on Navajo Nation

PHOENIX – A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to give an extra 10 days after Election Day to count ballots mailed by Navajo Nation members living on the Arizona portion of the tribe’s...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado schools, prisons among active COVID-19 outbreaks

DENVER – Health officials in Colorado have reported a record-breaking 274 active coronavirus outbreaks this week at schools, restaurants, churches and other facilities across the state. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 40 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. â€“ Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no deaths. The figures released Wednesday night bring the total number o...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man described as neo-Nazi pleads guilty in synagogue plot

DENVER – A man described by U.S. prosecutors as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a hate crime for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News