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Teacher salaries, school funding boosted in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Legislation to increase teacher salaries, extend instructional time at public schools and boost spending on low-income students was signed into law Wednesday by New Mexico’s Democ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation police: Body believed to be missing girl found

ANETH, Utah – Authorities say a body tentatively identified as a 4-year-old girl missing since mid-March has found in a creek on the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation. A Navajo Na...

DATE: Apr 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sen. Michael Bennet says he has prostate cancer, plans surgery

WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who has been considering a 2020 Democratic presidential bid, said Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body of Cortez soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS – The body of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has been returned to Colorado. The body of 33-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Will Lindsay of Cortez arrived at Peterson A...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado cyclists injured from trip line strung across trail

COLORADO SPRINGS – Officials say two people were injured after their bicycles were caught in a booby trap on a Colorado Springs trail. KRDO-TV reported Wednesday that the bicycl...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado brewery discontinues beer named after Hickenlooper

BOULDER – A Colorado brewery has discontinued a beer named for former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper after an anti-fracking group threatened a boycott. The Daily Camera repo...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teacher salaries, school funding get boosts in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Legislation that responds to a lawsuit by raising public school salaries and increasing annual spending on public education by nearly a half-billion dollars has been signed New Me...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Falling snow suspected of causing Colorado gas explosion

BRECKENRIDGE – Firefighters suspect falling snow and ice caused a natural gas explosion at a home in Colorado’s mountains. The explosion and resulting fire destroyed the home in B...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Critics of New Mexico gun law renew call for referendum

SANTA FE – Critics are reviving their challenge of a new gun control measure by trying to put the issue on a ballot for voters to decide. Opponents have filed an amended petition ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. won’t seek death penalty after boy found dead at compound

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against four adults who lived at a New Mexico compound where authorities found the remains of a toddler who was reported missin...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah names Gila monster as its official state reptile

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has named a venomous lizard with black and yellow bead-like scales as its state reptile. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into law last week that a...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers pass dramatic drilling rule changes

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a measure that would dramatically change the way the state regulates its booming oil and gas industry, shifting the focus to prot...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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