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Debate on bulldozing Columbine underway

Unauthorized ‘visitors’ continue to inundate campus

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Growers hope standards bring order to hemp industry

Uniformity sought in ‘new’ industry

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency recommends current 80K attendance cap at Burning Man

Organizers were pushing for 100K

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tooth fragment testing approved in Colorado missing woman case

CRIPPLE CREEK – Prosecutors will be permitted to conduct DNA testing on a tooth fragment found on the ranch of a Colorado man suspected of killing the mother of his child and burning her bod...

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

November hearing set for suspect in Colorado school attack

CASTLE ROCK â€“ A judge has scheduled a November preliminary hearing for a 16-year-old suspect in a Colorado school shooting that killed one student and injured eight others. KUSA...

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico bans criminal histories from job applications

SANTA FE – New Mexico has made it illegal for private employers to ask about a person’s criminal history on an initial job application. Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley...

DATE: Jun 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis seeks to boost vaccination rate for children

DENVER – Colorado’s governor issued an executive order Thursday designed to address the state’s poor vaccination rates for children, but he insisted that he will respect existing religious a...

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado surpasses $1B in pot tax revenue since legalization

DENVER – Colorado has surpassed $1 billion in tax revenue from marijuana sales since recreational use of the drug was legalized in 2014. The Colorado Department of Revenue says sa...

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowmelt fills Southwest’s rivers, easing drought fears

Lake Powell expected to rise 50 feet

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado casinos took in record combined revenue in 2018

DENVER – Colorado casinos saw an increase in combined 2018 revenue that set a record for the state. The Denver Post reports that casinos in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple...

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police arrest man suspected of killing woman, dumping body

DENVER – Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a woman and dumping her remains in a rural part of southern Colorado. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that Aurora poli...

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor says no to high-level nuclear waste

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s governor said Friday she’s opposed to plans by a New Jersey-based company to build a multibillion-dollar facility in her state to temporarily store spent nuclear f...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News