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Freedom Conference moves 2020 location to Beaver Creek

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – The Steamboat Institute’s Freedom Conference will take place outside of Steamboat Springs for the first time in its history, the conservative think tank announced Sunday....

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver area to casts votes to rename neighborhood with KKK ties

DENVER – A Denver neighborhood will vote on a list of nine names to replace its current association with a former mayor known for his Ku Klux Klan connection. The available option...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bear that attacked woman near Colorado Springs euthanized

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ Wildlife officials have euthanized a mother bear that attacked a woman near Colorado Springs. The Gazette reported the woman, whose name and age have not b...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico restaurants bristle at rolling back indoor dining

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s revamped public health order took effect Monday, and some restaurant owners aren’t happy that they’ve been ordered to rollback indoor dining. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposals could bring trains to Colorado’s Tennessee Pass

DENVER – It’s been 23 years since trains rumbled through the tunnel atop Tennessee Pass. That could change as interest in the dormant Tennessee Pass Line between Cañon City and Do...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 262 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico reported an additional 262 COVID-19 cases and two more confirmed deaths Sunday. That increased the statewide death toll to 545 and the co...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Suspect killed after firing at officers in Monument

MONUMENT – A person was shot and killed after running from a crashed car after a pursuit, attempting to carjack a vehicle and then firing at least one shot at law enforcement officers after ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No additional virus deaths reported Monday on Navajo Nation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is reporting 56 additional COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths related to the virus on the tribe’s sprawling reservation, officials said Monday. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 10 additional deaths from COVID-19

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation officials reported 10 additional deaths from COVID-19 as the tribe’s sprawling reservation remained under the latest weekend lockdown imposed to combat the...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Church asks Utah Mormons to wear face coverings in public

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has asked all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public, a request that comes as confirmed infections in the ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No COVID-19 for one New Mexico county

SANTA FE – As COVID-19 cases increase across the Southwest, and New Mexico adds new restrictions to a public health order, there are still communities where not a single resident has tested ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police officers fired over photos of chokehold used on Elijah McClain

AURORA – Three officers were fired Friday over photos showing police re-enact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after police stopped him on the s...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News