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Colorado voters reject Prop. CC; Prop. DD too close to call

DENVER – Colorado voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday asking if the state could keep tax revenue that otherwise would be refunded under limits set by the state constituti...

DATE: Nov 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman arrested in 1996 death of newborn

FORT COLLINS – A woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 1996 death of a newborn girl whose body was found in a garbage bag weighed down with rocks in a northern Colorado reservoir...

DATE: Nov 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Inmate awaiting mental health treatment dies in Aspen jail

ASPEN – Authorities are investigating the suicide of a jail inmate in Aspen awaiting mental health treatment. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said 64-year-old Jillian White was...

DATE: Nov 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico town in oil boom to get new worker ‘camp’

JAL, N.M. – A small New Mexico town in the heart of the Permian Basin oil and gas boom is getting a new camp development to house oil workers. The Hobbs News-Sun reports Canada...

DATE: Nov 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque faces ethics beef for pro-bond push on website

ALBUQUERQUE – A conservative-leaning group said it will file an ethics complaint against the city of Albuquerque for a pro-bond push posted on the city’s taxpayer-funded website. ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Audit: Poor management causes Colorado State Fair money loss

DENVER – The Colorado State Fair has lost money for 21 straight years and a state audit of the operation says it has not been managed strategically. Colorado Public Radio reports ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 Permian Basin oil and gas producers get violation notices

SANTA FE â€“ The New Mexico Environment Department has issued notices of violation to two Permian Basin oil and gas producers over air quality regulations. The U.S. Environmental ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in Colorado temple bomb plot

DENVER (AP) — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirator...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: Colorado Planned Parenthood shooter still incompetent

COLORADO SPRINGS – A judge has ruled that a man who killed three people and injured nine others at a southern Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic remains mentally incompetent to stand trial. ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sanctuary city initiative divides liberal Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is widely credited as the birthplace of the 1980s Sanctuary Movement, an effort by churches to help refugees from Central America and shield them from deportation. Now, as ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least 11 Catholic priests named in Colorado report alive

DENVER – At least 11 Catholic priests accused of sexually abusing children in Colorado are still alive. The Denver Post reports that some of them became social workers, religio...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Sage-grouse recovery to cost millions and take years

GRAND JUNCTION – A federal agency says rebuilding a sage-grouse population found only in Colorado and Utah could take more than 50 years and cost nearly $561 million. The Daily Se...

DATE: Nov 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News