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Court sides with Colorado supermax prison in censorship case

DENVER – A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled that officials at a supermax prison in Colorado sufficiently changed their policies and corrected their mistakes after refusing to distri...

DATE: Dec 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Keystone ski resort wants lift access to 2 high-alpine bowls

FRISCO – Colorado’s Keystone Resort is asking the U.S. Forest Service to allow it to build a lift that will provide better access to nearly a square mile of high-alpine bowl skiing. ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study: Albuquerque needs about 500 new homeless shelter beds

ALBUQUERQUE – A new report has shown the city of Albuquerque needs about 500 new beds to accommodate all of the adults who are sleeping on the streets, in parks and other unsheltered locatio...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutors drop official misconduct case against Eagle County sheriff

VAIL – Prosecutors have filed a motion to dismiss a misdemeanor official misconduct case against a Colorado sheriff. The Vail Daily reports that in a motion to dismiss, special...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man gets 96 years for killing 2 young siblings

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man who stabbed his two young siblings to death has been sentenced to 96 years in prison. The Gazette reports 22-year-old Malik Murphy was...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court overturns drug conviction on surveillance grounds

COLORADO SPRINGS – In 2015, Colorado Springs police placed a camera atop a utility pole to monitor a suspected drug stash house over a three-month period. Then they got a warrant ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Saudi college student arrested on gun charge in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A Saudi Arabian student at the University of New Mexico was arrested Friday by federal authorities on accusations of illegal possession of a firearm as a student visa holder after...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico has goal to boost rural art, culture partnerships

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the top priorities for officials who oversee New Mexico’s system of museums and cultural offerings will be forming more partnerships with rural communities and Native Am...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Planned Parenthood shooting suspect insists he’s competent

DENVER – A man accused of killing three people and injuring nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado in 2015 appeared in court in Denver on Friday on new charges and insisted h...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico zoo cares for endangered Mexican gray wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque’s zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year. ABQ BioPark officials say the pup has grown over...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Land management relocation plan to receive further scrutiny

GRAND JUNCTION – A federal oversight office will look into a plan to relocate Bureau of Land Management jobs to Colorado and other western states, officials said. The Government A...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-teacher in Aztec may plead guilty in New Mexico statutory rape

AZTEC – A former New Mexico high school teacher accused of statutory rape involving an underage student is expected to plead guilty to a felony sex charge. James Dee Coulter is sc...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News