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Coroner: Woman obsessed with Columbine died before warnings

DENVER – A Florida teenager obsessed with the Columbine school shooting had already died by suicide by the time authorities launched a manhunt for her after learning that she had traveled to...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Records: Company in Colorado truck crash had brake issues

DENVER – The company that owns a semitrailer involved in a fiery pileup that killed four people near Denver had two trucks taken out of service for brake-related issues in the past year, inc...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado House OKs nicotine tax ballot measure

DENVER – Colorado’s House has approved a late-session bill to ask Colorado voters to significantly raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products and impose taxes on nicotine vaping de...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amazon to open delivery center at Colorado Springs airport

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ Amazon.com Inc. plans to open a new delivery center on property purchased from a Colorado airport. The Gazette reported that a purchase agreement was finalize...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Altria engages against nicotine tax bill

DENVER – Altria, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, has hired lobbyists and is mounting a social media campaign against a proposal to raise Colorado’s nicotine tax. ...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. police: Boy, 15, shot over banana being thrown at car

HOBBS, N.M. â€“ A 15-year-old New Mexico boy is recovering from gunshot wounds after police say a 17-year-old boy shot at his car in retaliation for a banana being thrown. Hobbs P...

DATE: May 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. land agency plans to pick new office in West by September

DENVER – The U.S. Interior Department said Tuesday it plans to choose a Western city as the new headquarters for its vast public lands holdings by the end of September. The depart...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bernalillo County DA’s figures show 114 shot so far in 2019

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say 114 people have been shot in Bernalillo County in the first 112 days of 2019. Citing data from the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, the ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. police: Victim’s wallet stolen as she prepares to give money

SANTA FE – Two Santa Fe women are accused of stealing the wallet of a woman who was about to give them money. A criminal complaint says 27-year-old Melanie Rivera and 28-year-old ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona woman attacked by bees after hive falls on her head

TEMPE, Ariz. â€“ An Arizona woman is recovering from more than 20 bee stings after heavy winds blew a hive off a tree and it landed on her head. Firefighters in the Phoenix suburb...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado joins Super Tuesday presidential primaries

DENVER – Colorado is moving up its 2020 presidential primaries from June to Super Tuesday in March. Gov. Jared Polis made the announcement Tuesday. He says the change to March 3, ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boulder residents ask for shift in Denver air traffic

BOULDER – Some residents of south Boulder neighborhoods are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to consider shifting Denver-area air traffic that passes over the city. T...

DATE: Apr 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News