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Authorities working to ID remains found in southern Colorado

AGUILAR â€“ Authorities are trying to identify human remains found in southern Colorado but say there is no connection to the high-profile case of a missing woman. The Colorado Bu...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado could join effort to sideline the Electoral College

A new bill has been submitted in Colorado’s young legislative session that could make an end run around the Electoral College. Democratic lawmakers introduced the legislation on d...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Ban the Box’ bill targets discrimination against people with criminal records

Colorado would be the 12th state with such a policy

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers hope to end drug-addiction withdrawal in county jails

Jails fill with people dependent on painkillers, heroin, meth and alcohol

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers propose plastic bag, straw ban for Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – A recent proposal would severely limit the use of plastic bags, straws and foam containers in Albuquerque. The Albuquerque Journal reports Albuquerque Democratic Cit...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

CDOT officials change avalanche mitigation system on Western Slope

FRISCO – The Colorado Department of Transportation is changing the way it handles avalanche mitigation efforts on the Western Slope. The Summit Daily News reports the department, ...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s Jared Polis makes history as gay governor

DENVER – Democrat Jared Polis’ inauguration Tuesday as the first openly gay U.S. governor firmly moved Colorado to a darker shade of blue – and other celebratory colors of the LGBTQ communit...

DATE: Jan 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Signatures turned in for magic mushroom initiative in Denver

DENVER – Activists say they have collected more than 8,000 ballot petition signatures for an initiative that would make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms. ...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver bans sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors

DENVER – Denver’s City Council has banned psychotherapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of minors. KMGH-TV reports the council voted unanimously Monday night after the...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor announces appointments to key agencies

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham reached into the ranks of the federal government and across state lines Monday to fill key Cabinet positions overseeing childhood well-being, enviro...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo company looks into buying northern Arizona coal mine

FLAGSTAFF – A Navajo Nation energy company studying the purchase of a coal-fired power plant on the reservation says it’s looking into the mine that supplies it, too. The tribal g...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Discrimination challenge by Colorado baker can continue

DENVER – A judge says the latest legal challenge by a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple can continue. In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Wile...

DATE: Jan 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News