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Mesa County deaths by suicide reach highest level in 5 years

GRAND JUNCTION – The Mesa County coroner say 55 residents died by suicide last year, the most in five years. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Monday that was nine mor...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado tells energy-rich county state rules come first

DENVER – Colorado regulators have warned the state’s biggest oil- and gas-producing county that local officials can’t establish regulations more lenient than the state’s, even though the Leg...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 dead in separate waterway accidents outside Denver

DENVER – Authorities say two people died in separate incidents after being swept away in waterways outside Denver. Jefferson County sheriff’s officials tell KUSA-TV a man in his m...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vice President Mike Pence campaigns in Colorado

DENVER – Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Colorado to campaign for his and President Donald Trump’s re-election, as well as for Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. After P...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico firefighter dies from firework explosion injuries

ROSWELL, N.M. – A New Mexico firefighter who was seriously injured last month in a fireworks explosion has died. Roswell Fire Chief Devin Graham announced that Roswell firefighter...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hospitals put Native Americans at opioid risk, audit says

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – U.S. government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispe...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Caution urged after Colorado mountain lion sightings

LOVELAND – Colorado wildlife officials tell people near the Rocky Mountain foothills to keep an eye on their children and pets after a series of mountain lion sightings. Donna Ken...

DATE: Jul 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI seeks information after man found dead in burning car in N.M.

CHURCH ROCK, N.M. â€“ The FBI has identified a man from Zuni as the person whose body was found in a burning car in New Mexico. Authorities say they found 51-year-old Nastacio Kei...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility seeks feedback on closure of coal plant

ALBUQUERQUE – In what’s expected to be a long, contentious process, a few dozen people gathered recently in Albuquerque for the first public meeting hosted by Public Service Co. of New Mexic...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado ATV crash kills 1, injures 4

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ An all-terrain vehicle crash in Colorado has killed one person and injured four others. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler says the crash near the base...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused of fatal Colorado park shooting arrested

PUEBLO – A Colorado man accused of shooting a man whose body was found near a children’s softball field faces a first-degree murder charge. Twenty-four-year-old Emillio Hall was b...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Large group of supporters greets Taiwan president in Denver

DENVER – Taiwan’s president was greeted by a large group of supporters and a handful of pro-China protesters as she entered a downtown Denver hotel before dinner. President Tsai I...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News