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Colorado police arrest man suspected in officer’s shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police arrested a man suspected of shooting a Colorado Springs police officer earlier this month, authorities said. Randy Bishop, 35, was arrested Sunday and ch...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado officials name D.C. man as snowmobile crash victim

ASPEN – A Washington, D.C., man died in a snowmobile crash on the backside of Aspen Mountain, Colorado authorities said. John Boyd, 40, died in the accident reported to emergency ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff: 2nd inmate arrested after small jail escape in Colorado

WALSENBURG – The second of two inmates who escaped from a jail in a small Colorado town by locking a guard in a cell was arrested Sunday night, the Custer County Sheriff’s Office said. ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No lifts, or lines, at this new backcountry ski area north of Vail

When the brand-new ski area Bluebird Backcountry opens near Kremmling in a few weeks, the lift lines will be nonexistent. Truly. There will be no lifts – or snowcats or helicopters – to get ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado sets record low with 2.5% unemployment in December

DENVER – Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 2.5% in December, the lowest level in at least 44 years. An unemployment rate of 2.6% in October and November t...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Western New Mexico county developing DWI drug court

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico county is developing a new court aimed at helping people convicted of drunken driving and drug offenses, officials announced. McKinley County M...

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Western Slope lawmaker tries to pump brakes on wolf reintroduction

Vail Democrat wants to find money to reimburse ranchers for lost livestock

DATE: Jan 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two found dead in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park

ESTES PARK – Two people were found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado, park officials said. Park Rangers had been notified about a suicidal person Frid...