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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

Flood warning issued for San Juan River in New Mexico

BLOOMFIELD, N.M. – A flood warning is in effect along the San Juan River in rural northwestern New Mexico because of releases of runoff from Navajo Dam. The National Weather Servi...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arrest made in Pueblo carjacking death

PUEBLO – Colorado police have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of stealing a vehicle whose owner died after being dragged along a street while trying to stop the theft. Police...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. Air Force base gets upgrade for space defense

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Air Force has begun construction on a facility at Kirtland Air Force Base that officials say will play a role in the proposed space defense force. The Air F...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury deadlocks over activist who helped migrants

When Scott Daniel Warren was arrested last year after allegedly providing food, water, beds and clean clothes to undocumented immigrants near Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, the question was wheth...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man on Boy Scouts trip in Colorado dies in rafting accident

CAÑON CITY – A 42-year-old Texas man on an excursion with a large group of Boy Scouts died in a rafting accident in southern Colorado. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper tells Th...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police arrest motorcyclist accused of Pride crosswalk damage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have arrested a motorcyclist days after they say he vandalized a rainbow-colored crosswalk ahead of the city’s PrideFest. A criminal complaint say...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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