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Analysis: Gun safety group’s running tally of school shootings is incorrect

Definition casts a bigger net than some may realize

DATE: Feb 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grand Canyon helicopter not required to have anti-fire system

Tour company crash killed three tourists

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Despite complaints, Ryan Zinke pushing big reorganization

Interior secretary plans to move top decision-makers to offices in the West

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shooting reported at south Florida high school

Police have taken the person suspected of opening fire at a south Florida high school into custody, Broward Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting was reported shortly before student...

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado Senators Bennet and Gardner introduce immigration bill amendment

Compromise would provide pathway for Dreamers and border wall funding

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Interior Department to replace Obama-era rule on methane emissions

WASHINGTON – The Interior Department is replacing an Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands. A rule being...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press c...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress stumbles into government shutdown Thursday night; budget deal stalled

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government stumbled into a shutdown at midnight as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting th...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Teen girl dies in fall from cliff hike at Zion National Park

SALT LAKE CITY – A 13-year-old girl fell to her death from a popular narrow trail bordered by steep drops at Zion National Park, officials said Tuesday. The Utah girl was hiking w...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FBI agents, police search western Colorado funeral home

MONTROSE – FBI agents and police have searched a western Colorado funeral home, but officials declined to say why. KKCO-TV in Grand Junction reports agents removed documents and o...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico man shot in head in apparent road rage incident

SANTA FE – A scientist’s father says his son is recovering from surgery after being shot in the head in an apparent road rage incident. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the Santa ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

County officials back drilling plan for western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – County officials are backing Terra Energy Partners’ plan to drill 63 natural gas wells on the slopes of the Roan Plateau, but they sought assurances that the visual impacts ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World