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Climber killed during descent from Colorado peak identified

ASPEN – Colorado authorities have released the identity of a man who fell to his death while descending from a mountain peak near Aspen. Pitkin County Coroner Steve Ayers said 61-...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man pleads guilty in theft of thousands of pills

DENVER – Federal prosecutors say a 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Colorado pharmacy including opioid pills valued at more than $18,000. U.S. Attorney Jason D...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch linked to investigation

ALBUQUERQUE – At the center of Jeffrey Epstein’s secluded New Mexico ranch sits a sprawling residence the financier built decades ago – complete with plans for a 4,000-square-foot courtyard,...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A-Basin opens terrain park to skiers, snowboarders

FRISCO â€“ Arapahoe Basin Ski Area has opened its terrain park to skiers and snowboarders for another summer weekend. The Summit Daily reports that the ski area along the Conti...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. apartment complex fire displaces residents; woman in custody

ALBUQUERQUE – A fire heavily damaged an Albuquerque apartment complex, displacing residents of 24 units and sending several people to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hundreds protest possible immigration roundups in Denver

DENVER – Hundreds of people angry about possible federal immigration roundups across the country protested outside an immigrant detention center in suburban Denver – at one point raising the...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado boat inspections finding more invasive mussels

LOVELAND – Colorado wildlife inspectors have intercepted a record number of boats infested with invasive mussels as they try to keep the economically-damaging shellfish from entering state w...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested after daylong standoff with Colorado police

EDGEWATER – Colorado authorities say a 40-year-old man has been taken into custody after a daylong standoff in which he barricaded himself inside his parent’s home and exchanged gunshots wit...

DATE: Jul 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. wants sex offender law changed amid Epstein probe

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s attorney general wants to change a law that allowed billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender in the state, where authorities ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rafting resumes on Royal Gorge section of Arkansas River

CAÑON CITY – Flows on the Arkansas River in southern Colorado have eased enough for commercial rafting companies to operate. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that a high water leve...

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: Case against truck driver in crash will go to trial

GOLDEN – A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people on a Colorado highway will be allowed to live out of state as prosecutors continue pursuing criminal charges...

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups call for review of drilling permits near Chaco park

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmental groups and two Navajo officials are calling on U.S. land managers to hold public hearings and conduct a more thorough review of several permits to drill in northw...

DATE: Jul 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News