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Conservative Utah lawmakers show progressive leanings

Legislature nearly ended death penalty, allowed medical pot in 2016 session

DATE: Mar 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man dies after falling from Main Avenue building

A 33-year-old man died Tuesday after falling from the roof of the Lofts at 1201 on 12th Street and Main Avenue. Matthew Cullen Wilkin fell around 5 p.m. and was later pronounced d...

DATE: Mar 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

After Scalia’s death, autopsy was necessary

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, died last month during a hunting trip in West Texas. Conspiracy theorists suggest Scalia’s assassination was ordered by President Barack...

DATE: Mar 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

End-of-life bill dies in Colorado Legislature

Sponsors unable to garner needed support for measure

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Alabama town forever linked to Lee and “Mockingbird”

Harper Lee laid to rest Saturday

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Effort to make it easier to deliver death sentence fails in Colorado

Ellen Roberts joins Democrats in opposition

DATE: Feb 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Brittany Maynard’s widower fights for Colorado end-of-life bill

Poll shows 65 percent of Coloradans support legislation

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades

PARIS – Five months ago, a 3-year-old Syrian boy’s corpse on a Turkish beach galvanized public action for refugees. Now, strikingly similar images are generating little more than a collectiv...

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No charges for Denver deputies in inmate’s death

Family calls decision ‘an outrage’

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey dead at 67

NEW YORK – Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley formed one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hi...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Karen Langhart sends nearly 40 packages to friends before taking her own life

After her daughter died from a controversial contraceptive, former Durango resident worked as an advocate for educating women about their reproductive health

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News