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12 to be inducted into first Native American Hall of Fame

Lori Piestewa, who died in combat, among inductees

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group aims to revive Colorado National Monument amphitheater

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – There was a time you set up your camp, ate your dinner and headed to the campfire talk. It might include a park ranger’s chat about local plants and wildlife or a slide...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man fatally shoots bear that bit him in New Mexico attack

RATON, N.M. – New Mexico officials say a man fatally shot a bear after he was attacked and bitten while walking his dogs. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish conservation off...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Urban island’ heat tests Phoenix, other large cities

PHOENIX – When temperatures soar as they have this week in downtown Phoenix, homeless people ride the air-conditioned light rail to avoid a heat so brutal it killed 155 people in the city an...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman tapped to lead Park Service’s Denver office quits

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – The employee tapped to take over the National Park Service’s Intermountain regional office in Denver has quit. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the sup...

DATE: Jul 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Petition gatherer for Colorado oil, gas measure quits effort

DENVER – A group behind a proposed Colorado initiative to severely limit new oil and gas drilling on non-federal land has parted ways with a petition-gathering firm in a payment dispute. ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cat sitter dies after suburban Denver basement floods

DENVER – A woman died after rain from the latest round of strong Colorado storms flooded the suburban Denver basement apartment she was staying in to take care of a friend’s cat, police said...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drought remains, but rains put dent in Southwest fire danger

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The threat of wildfire in the American Southwest has been significantly dampened by the monsoon season, but national fire and climatology experts said Wednesday the regio...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fire impacted one-third of flights at Aspen-area airport

ASPEN – An Aspen-area airport says 34 percent of its scheduled flights earlier this month were cancelled or diverted due to a wildfire near Basalt. The Aspen Daily News reports ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As talk of a BLM move to West takes off, Grand Junction wants to be on everyone’s mind

Now that several members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have confirmed that the federal Bureau of Land Management will move west from Washington D.C., there’s one big question left f...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drill rigs in New Mexico reach all-time high

ALBUQUERQUE – The number of oil and gas drill rigs operating in New Mexico has reached record levels as development in the Permian Basin booms. The latest figures show there are 1...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endurance athlete, ski coach dies in Colorado mountain fall

FRISCO – Endurance athlete and youth ski club coach Hannah Taylor died in a weekend mountaineering accident in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. The Summit Nordic Ski Club say...

DATE: Jul 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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