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Priest: Family wants justice in killing of mother, daughters

PINEHURST, N.C. – Shanann Watts will be remembered as a “woman of love” and her two young two daughters as being filled with life and joy, a priest said Saturday during a funeral service for...

DATE: Sep 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge halts Sunday roundup of Montana wild horse herd

BILLINGS, Mont. – A federal judge in Montana has temporarily stopped a planned mustang roundup on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in response to a lawsuit filed by wildlife advocates. ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officer shot in suburban Denver expected to be OK

AURORA – A police officer was shot in the Denver suburb of Aurora but is expected to be OK. Aurora police say the officer, whose name has not been released, was shot near the Univ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado students show gains in literacy on 2018 state tests, but disparities remain

More than half of all Colorado students in third through eighth grades continue to fall below state expectations in reading, writing and math, according to results of state tests students to...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Seven hospitalized after industrial chlorine leak in Denver

DENVER – Authorities say seven people were hospitalized, including one in critical condition, after an industrial chlorine leak in Denver. The Denver Post reports the leak was det...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Deadly New Mexico bus crash prompts negligence claims

ALBUQUERQUE – A California-based trucking company and one of its drivers were accused of negligence Friday in a pair of lawsuits as investigators sorted through the wreckage from a deadly bu...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado teacher sentenced for assaulting boy over Pledge

BOULDER – A Colorado middle school teacher accused of assaulting a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance has pleaded guilty and has retired from teaching. Boul...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI arrests five from New Mexico compound on firearms charges

SANTA FE – The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Search continues in Colorado for missing Illinois hiker

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Rangers are looking for an Illinois man who didn’t return from a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. Rangers learned on Tuesday that Jens “Jay” Ya...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. Senate hopefuls vow to help Trinity Test descendants

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico’s three senatorial candidates are promising to help descendants of families who lived through the Trinity Test – a change that descendants say comes after they...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposal to curb oil, gas drilling gets on ballot

DENVER – A contentious proposal to tightly restrict the location of new oil and gas wells in Colorado attracted more than enough petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot, elect...

DATE: Aug 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver works to legalize children’s lemonade stands

DENVER – Denver officials are working to legalize children’s lemonade stands after police shut down a neighborhood stand earlier this year for lacking the proper city permits. The...

DATE: Aug 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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