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Study finds more edible pot among Colorado teen users

DENVER – Some teenagers in Colorado, where marijuana is legal for adults, are shifting away from smoking in favor of edible cannabis products, a study released Monday shows. About...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gunman remains incompetent to stand trial in Colorado shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – A man who acknowledged killing three people at a southern Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic nearly four years ago remains mentally incompetent to stand trial. ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heavy rains fall on area burned by wildfire near Aspen

ASPEN â€“ Heavy rains fell on an area burned by a wildfire last year, triggering road closures from flooding and debris flows near a Colorado mountain town. The Aspen Daily New...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Several New Mexico football teams struggle to find players

ALBUQUERQUE – Declining student-athlete participation rates are hitting New Mexico high schools that are struggling to find football players to field teams. The falling participat...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver woman done riding her bike for now

Ali Clerkin survived being hit by truck on deadly bikeway

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmentalists seek to protect dunes sagebrush lizard

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A small lizard native to southeast New Mexico is the latest animal to spark a debate between environmentalists, the federal government and oil and gas operators. ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bear killed by electric shock while climbing utility pole

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Wildlife officials say a bear was killed by electric shock when it climbed a utility pole in northwestern Colorado to escape traffic and touched power lines. ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Replica building’s demolition upsets Tombstone history buffs

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. – The demolition of a decades-old building built as a replica to one that existed over 100 years ago near the O.K. Corral gunfight has stirred up a dustup in the town known ...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least 19 dead, dozens injured at El Paso Walmart

At least 19 people were killed and 40 injured in a shooting at a Walmart and neighboring stores in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday afternoon, sending shoppers racing for cover in a chaotic scene...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque reacts to Texas shooting by deploying police

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s most populous city is reacting to the mass shooting Saturday in El Paso, Texas, by stepping up security at shopping stores and some department stores such as Walma...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials help endangered minnow amid strong Rio Grande

SAN ANTONIO, N.M. – A federal agency is taking advantage of high water levels in the Rio Grande to help a tiny minnow listed as an endangered species. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation w...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Video shows YouTube ‘King of Random’ fatal crash

ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Utah sheriff’s official says the creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random” shot video that showed his fatal paragliding crash and that it indicates the craft crash...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News