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6 fatal accidents on Colorado state roads this past weekend

DENVER â€“ The Colorado State Patrol says six people died in six separate accidents on state roads over a 12-hour period this past weekend. Col. Matthew Packard, chief of the stat...

DATE: Nov 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Separate trials for men accused in New Mexico triple murder

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Two men accused of a triple murder in northern New Mexico last year will have separate trials. Albuquerque TV station KRQE reports that a judge has agreed to sever...

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Early season snowfall boosts snowpack across the Rockies

DENVER â€“ The early season snowstorms that hit the Rocky Mountain region this fall have boosted snowpack levels between two and three times the average. A U.S. Department of Agri...

DATE: Nov 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Analysis of extreme Colorado avalanches in March continues

ASPEN â€“ Researchers continue to study a series of destructive avalanches in Colorado last winter. Some of the avalanches from March 1 through March 14 caused unprecedented damag...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico jail employee accused of bringing meth to work

SANTA FE â€“ New Mexico deputies have arrested a Santa Fe County Jail corrections officer after he acknowledged bringing meth to work. Cohen Mangin was arrested and charged with b...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

For 30-somethings, stakes are high over future of DACA

PHOENIX – Karina Ruiz’s life is deeply rooted in Phoenix. She has three children and two grandchildren, a side gig selling houses, frantic days rushing children off to school and activities ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Acting BLM director willing to move to Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – The acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says he’d be willing to relocate when the agency moves its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to western Colorado....

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribe members: Noted bison kill site desecrated by coal mine

SARPY CREEK, Montana – When a coal company contractor working under federal oversight used a backhoe to dig up one of the largest known Native American bison killing grounds and make way for...

DATE: Nov 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More than 800 replacement ballots got to voters late

DENVER – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold wants to change the state’s elections process after discovering that 828 replacement ballots weren’t delivered to voters in Denver and Arap...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Albuquerque police complying with oversight policies

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque Police Department has implemented all the court-approved policies enforcing constitutional policing and preventing the use of excessive force, an independent mo...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Task force meeting about Native American cases draws dozens

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of a New Mexico task force established to address the deaths and disappearances of Native American women said they want to hear from victims and their family members in...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Suspect in Colorado synagogue plot will remain in jail

DENVER – A man arrested on suspicion of plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue waived his right to have the evidence against him aired in court Friday and will remain behind bars for...

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News