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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

Comcast announces closure of call center in Colorado

FORT COLLINS – Comcast has announced it is expected to close a Colorado call center two years after opening the $10 million office. The Coloradoan reported Wednesday that the c...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico woman sentenced to 18 years in child abuse case

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico woman has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of multiple felony charges including child abuse. The Farmington Daily Times repo...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts

YUMA, Ariz. – On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Huge rock slide closes highway in canyon west of Boulder

BOULDER – A state highway in the foothills west of Boulder is closed indefinitely after blasting work triggered a huge rock slide. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the rocks tu...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico stays out of opioids settlement with Purdue

SANTA FE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation’s opioid addicti...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Archives of New Mexico history professor to be preserved

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The archives of a former history professor known for leading efforts to restore the first African American Church in Las Cruces are being donated to the city’s museum syst...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Husband-and-wife fugitives wanted for murder, arson captured in Arizona after brazen escape

A married couple charged with murder who escaped from a prison van last month, prompting a nationwide manhunt, has been captured in Arizona, authorities revealed early Thursday morning. ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study: Colorado leads in religious discrimination complaints

COLORADO SPRINGS – A U.S. human resources company has reported Colorado leads the nation in complaints based on religious discrimination. The Gazette reported Tuesday that for ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Authorities find body of girl, 5, in New Mexico

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – Authorities say they have found the body of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl who was reported missing Sunday. FBI Special Agent James Langenberg, who heads the agency...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI reviewing Colorado Springs police shooting of black teen

COLORADO SPRINGS – The FBI says it’s reviewing the fatal police shooting of a black teenager in Colorado Springs to determine whether it involved a civil rights violation. KOAA-TV...

DATE: Sep 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News