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Denver man gets 10 years in prison for $19M Ponzi scheme

DENVER – A Denver man who bilked investors out of $19 million in a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The Denver Post reported Friday that 72-year-o...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

SALT LAKE CITY – An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-gr...

DATE: Jun 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dino bones at Colorado construction site are of triceratops

DENVER – Paleontologists say fossilized bones unearthed at a suburban Denver construction site are those of a large adult triceratops. Maura O’Neal, a spokeswoman for the Denver M...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Thief steals crown of Ms. Wheelchair New Mexico

SANTA FE – A crown belonging to Ms. Wheelchair New Mexico was stolen just days before a national competition. KOB-TV reports that Irene Delgado says someone broke into her car i...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Firefighter uses YouTube duck calls to rescue ducklings

LITTLETON – A flock of ducklings is safe in suburban Denver after a firefighter used a recording of duck calls to coax some of them from a storm drain. A video from South Metro F...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southeastern New Mexico county shuns employee bilingual idea

HOBBS, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico county has shunned a proposal to encourage employees to learn Spanish. The Hobbs News-Sun reports Lea County Commissioners turned thumbs-do...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial service for Colorado trooper hit, killed on I-70

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE – Members of law enforcement and the public are honoring a Colorado trooper who died after being hit by a vehicle while investigating a crash last week. They’...

DATE: Jun 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

DENVER – A high school student charged in a classmate’s death during a Colorado school shooting told police that he planned the attack for weeks and intended to target classmates who repeate...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kids pay for parents’ fistfight at Colorado baseball game

LAKEWOOD – The season is over for a group of young baseball players in Colorado because of a brawl that broke out among adults during a game. The Bear Creek Junior Sports Associat...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Senators press feds on commitment to Native American safety

ALBUQUERQUE – Lawmakers pressed the Trump administration on Wednesday to respond with urgency in addressing violence against Native American women and children after they say two officials a...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Booming New Mexico oil region to get $5M in airport upgrades

LOVINGTON, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico county has approved more than $5 million in upgrades to an airport in the heart of New Mexico’s booming oil region. The Hobbs News-S...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man gets 42 years for death of single mother of 4

PUEBLO – A man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for the shooting death of a single mother of four in southern Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports 35-year-old Heith G...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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