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Fugitive N.M. priest sentenced to 30 years in sex abuse case

SANTA FE – A former Roman Catholic priest who fled the country decades ago was sentenced Friday in New Mexico to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing an altar...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado woman enters plea after brother buried with goats

GUNNISON – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to tampering with a corpse after her brother’s remains were buried with goat heads while the family disputes over a $3 million ranch. ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Idaho governor candidate investigated in 1984 killing of Colorado girl

BOISE, Idaho – A former candidate for Idaho governor said he’s under investigation in connection with the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl. Steve Pankey, who ran as a C...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Company says clarity needed on Colorado assisted-suicide law

DENVER– A Christian-affiliated health system in a court fight over Colorado’s assisted suicide law says the state can’t stop religious organization from disciplining employees who encourage ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?

Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana. Traditionally, an officer could use the merest whiff of weed to justif...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Autopsy: Colorado police fatally shot armed man in the back

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – An autopsy report says an armed man who was fatally shot by police in western Colorado was hit twice in the back. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

$84M contract awarded for northwestern New Mexico pipeline

GALLUP, N.M. – The U.S. Interior Department has awarded a nearly $84 million contract for a water pipeline in northwestern New Mexico. The pipeline is part of the larger Navajo-Ga...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: 5 people dead after multiple shootings

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities in New Mexico’s largest city scrambled Friday to piece together what sparked separate shootings that killed five people and wounded six others as the mayor acknowle...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1 dead, 4 injured in rollover crash east of Bloomfield

BLOOMFIELD, N.M. – New Mexico State Police say a Farmington woman has been killed and four other people injured in a rollover crash east of Bloomfield. They say the fatal crash oc...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sage grouse numbers stumble in Montana, across U.S. West

BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana’s greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the U.S. West for the bird species that federa...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado plans to make Fisher’s Peak a new state park

TRINIDAD – Gov. Jared Polis says Fisher’s Peak and the former ranch land surrounding it will become Colorado’s newest state park. Polis’ office said in a statement The Nature Cons...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Denver Sheriff Patrick Firman to resign next month

DENVER â€“ Denver city officials have announced the sheriff intends to resign after recent controversies. KUSA-TV reported Wednesday that Sheriff Patrick Firman was appointed in 2...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News