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Ethics commission will probe five complaints against Hickenlooper

Three complaints dismissed

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency built pen for possible horse slaughter

RENO, Nev. – The U.S. Forest Service has built its first corral for wild horses, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter. The agency...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado animal sanctuary saves hundreds of chickens

ERIE – A Colorado sanctuary for farm animals says it found cannibalism, infections and fractured wings while rescuing chickens from a farm. The Daily Camera reports Chrissy Din...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado AG opposes Independent in court records fight

Weiser ducked First Amendment issue at heart of case, editor says

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man dies after exchanging gunfire with police in Colorado

AURORA â€“ Colorado police say a man wearing body armor has died after exchanging gunfire with officers. They said another man found Tuesday in a nearby Aurora home also died of g...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Libraries add social workers for homeless patrons

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Alicia Kwande works in a Colorado Springs library, but she isn’t here to talk about overdue books. She doesn’t care if “Turtle,” the woman standing in fron...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado cities, counties sue pharmaceutical companies

DENVER – Denver and 16 other Colorado communities have sued the manufacturers and distributors of opioids claiming they fraudulently hyped the drugs behind the deadly nationwide epidemic of ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit: New Mexico boy had toe severed at Farmington public pool

FARMINGTON, N.M. – A northwestern New Mexico woman says her 6-year-old had his toe severed at a public pool’s water slide. The Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, reports Au...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jonathan Nez to be sworn in as Navajo Nation president

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. – Jonathan Nez will be sworn in Tuesday as the next president on the country’s largest Native American reservation. He and Vice President-elect Myron Lizer wi...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver air traffic controllers warn of possible staffing shortage

DENVER – The president of Denver’s National Air Traffic Controllers Association warns that flyers could be waiting in longer lines for fewer flights at the city’s airport if the U.S. governm...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rocky Mountain Natl Park restores some access amid shutdown

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK â€“ Rocky Mountain National Park is tapping into revenue from recreation fees to reopen parts of the park that were closed during part of the ongoing federal gov...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowplow driver could face charges after hitting pedestrians in N.M.

SANTA FE, N.M. – Authorities say they are considering a careless driving charge against a Santa Fe snowplow driver who struck a couple and then drove away. Santa Fe police spokesm...

DATE: Jan 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News