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Report: Colorado drought conditions dramatically reduced

DENVER – A national report monitoring drought conditions says much of Colorado has emerged from months of dry conditions. The Colorado Sun reports that the U.S. Drought Monitor re...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior Secretary aims to protect public land access

BILLINGS, Mont. – Acting U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered federal land managers on Thursday to give greater priority to access for hunting, fishing and other kinds of recreati...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Springs to build 15,000 ramps to settle accessibility lawsuit

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Springs has agreed to install more than 15,000 curb ramps over the next 14 years to settle its second lawsuit in six months involving claims the city’s streets an...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial held for Colorado trooper killed during blizzard

LONGMONT – A Colorado State Patrol trooper struck and killed by a car during last week’s blizzard is being honored before being laid to rest. Members of law enforcement and firefi...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

8-year-old girl injured in Albuquerque shooting

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Albuquerque police are investigating two shootings, including one that left an 8-year-old girl injured. Police say a bullet came through a window of a home during ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Five suspects at New Mexico compound face terror charges

ALBUQUERQUE – Five extended family members who lived at a ramshackle New Mexico compound where a 3-year-old boy was found dead last year are due in federal court Thursday to face new charges...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Adams County puts moratorium on new oil, gas applications

BRIGHTON – A suburban Denver county has placed a moratorium on new applications for oil and gas drilling while the Legislature debates an overhaul of state regulations. Adams Coun...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man convicted of murder in deadly park shooting

AURORA â€“ A 31-year-old man has been convicted of second-degree murder for a deadly 2017 shooting at a state park in suburban Denver. The Aurora Sentinel reports an Arapahoe C...

DATE: Mar 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ignacio man dies after five-hour standoff in Farmington

Suspect was wanted on multiple violent offense warrants

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers finally poised to act on workplace sexual harassment

The Colorado legislature will soon discuss broad changes to how it handles workplace harassment complaints at the state Capitol. Lawmakers had originally pledged to pass the changes by last ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado court rules that Democrats’ use of computers to accelerate the reading of a bill is unconstitutional

A Denver District Court Judge on Tuesday sided with Senate Republicans in their effort to slow down the pace of Democratic-backed legislation this session. The eight-page prelimin...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Mom told details of son’s death to fellow inmate

DENVER – A Colorado woman charged in the death of her 7-year-old son told a fellow inmate that the boy died in July, months before his body was discovered encased in concrete inside a Denver...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News