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Boulder moving to cancel out past marijuana convictions

BOULDER – Prosecutors in a Colorado county are preparing to dismiss and seal thousands of marijuana possession convictions after state voters legalized the use and sale of the drug six years...

DATE: Dec 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Families of people lost to suicide gather for help and hope

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – It’s been 12½ years since Gretchen McGeeney lost her son, Landon, to suicide just a few weeks shy of his 22nd birthday. Even now, there are still bad days, s...

DATE: Dec 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teacher fundraising to bring LGBTQ training to Greeley

GREELEY (AP) – Kelly Cook has been teaching in Greeley for 16 years and feels she’s always been an ally for her students. But she recently realized she hasn’t been doing enough. L...

DATE: Dec 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest to see more heat, water scarcity, fires and food insecurity

Climate report outlines challenges region will face

DATE: Dec 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico archdiocese to file for bankruptcy over sex abuse

ALBUQUERQUE – The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Thursday it will soon be filing for bankruptcy protection, as the Catholic church in New Mexico has settled numerous claims of sexual abus...

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Regulators threaten to shut down rail line to Denver airport

DENVER – Federal safety regulators who oversee the Regional Transportation District’s A Line to Denver International Airport say they may shut it down if the transportation district does not...

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway plans 2021 reopening

COLORADO SPRINGS – A popular Colorado Springs tourist attraction that takes riders up to the summit of Pikes Peak will reopen again after its fate was in question. The Gazette rep...

DATE: Nov 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutors: Fight over remote control spawns fatal prison stomping

COLORADO SPRINGS – Prosecutors say a feud over a TV remote control led to a “fatal stomp-down” that killed a 64-year-old inmate at a Colorado Springs prison. The Gazette reports D...