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Colorado dentist accused of killing wife is charged with trying to kill investigator

James Craig is accused of poisoning his 43-year-old wife, recruiting inmate to murder detective

DATE: Nov 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis headed for another showdown with Democrats over union issues

Colorado governor quickly pooh-poohed labor movement’s priority bill

DATE: Nov 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Grand Junction resists calls to close unhoused resource center

Nearby business owners have asked shelter be closed because of gatherings

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hickenlooper addresses concerns from college student leaders

Eight student body presidents met with senator

DATE: Nov 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado PERA budget calls for 20% jump in spending to modernize its benefit system, even as state pivots toward austerity

The computer system PERA uses to track and pay out benefits is 40 years old – the oldest still in use by any public pension in the U.S.

DATE: Nov 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wolf advocates launch $50,000 anti-poaching reward

A nonprofit that advocates for the restoration of gray wolves in Colorado said this week that it will begin offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information on acts of illegal wolf poachin...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding

A $99 million plan to buy and permanently preserve some of the oldest water rights in Colorado is inching closer to securing all of its funding. But President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to...

DATE: Nov 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral homeowners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and gave grieving families fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corp...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some head to the mountains for Christmas trees – others let the Eastern Plains come to them

Little junipers are cut like a traditional Christmas tree and don’t come with any roots

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado marijuana sales – and tax dollars – are still falling

Sales peaked in the 2020-21 budget year, netting $424 million in taxes for the state

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jeff Hurd wants to bring the BLM back to Grand Junction

Trump moved agency to Colorado in 2020, but Biden moved it back to Washington D.C.

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service won’t hire seasonal workers next year

Agency warns volunteer groups not to expect big projects

DATE: Nov 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News