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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

Judge strikes down Albuquerque’s panhandling ordinance

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge says Albuquerque’s panhandling ordinance restricts free speech and is unconstitutional. The Albuquerque ordinance’s language had prohibited panhandlers from ...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mother convicted of deaths of two girls found on Colorado farm

DENVER – A jury in Southwest Colorado has convicted a mother of two girls who died after they were banished to a car without food or water by members of a doomsday religious group because th...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hospital to resume transplant surgeries

DENVER – A Colorado hospital will restart its organ transplant program after voluntarily stopping operations. The Denver Post reported that Porter Adventist Hospital officials ...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Multiyear effort to increase Colorado public land approved

DENVER â€“ Colorado wildlife officials approved a multiyear plan to continue increasing accessible sporting land across the state. The Denver Post reported Thursday that Colora...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Senate seat passes to granddaughter of Navajo code talker

SANTA FE – The granddaughter of the late World War II Navajo code talker and state legislator John Pinto will serve out the remainder of his term in the state Senate through 2020, New Mexico...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s chief court administrator resigns

DENVER – Colorado’s chief court administrator has resigned amid The Denver Post’s investigation into a $2.5 million contract for leadership training he awarded to a former staffer. ...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Missing hiker found dead on Torrey’s Peak in Colorado

GEORGETOWN – Authorities say a 71-year-old man who was reported missing after he didn’t return from a hike in Colorado’s high country has been found dead. Clear Creek County Under...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former NASA astronaut rescued after Colorado hiking fall

COLORADO SPRINGS – A retired NASA astronaut was rescued after a fall on a snowy Colorado mountain. The Gazette reported Thursday that Jeffrey Ashby was severely injured Monday aft...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado abortion clinic leaving family planning program

BOULDER – Colorado’s first abortion clinic is withdrawing from a federal program that funds family planning for low-income women because of the Trump administration’s ban on referring women ...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

People beating heat as they tube to work in Colorado

BOULDER – Some people in Colorado are staying cool on their commutes by tubing down a snow-fed creek. Friday’s 12th annual Tube to Work Day in Boulder comes on a day when the temp...

DATE: Jul 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News