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December 29, 2017

Official who OK’d Longmont searches no longer works for agency

The Times-Call reported Friday that the Longmont Housing Authority won’t say if Krystal Winship Erazo was fired or resigned. Residents…

December 29, 2017

Loveland Ski Area employee dies in workplace accident

KUSA-TV reported Friday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the cause of Thursday’s accident. The identity of…

December 29, 2017

Mobile home fire kills 2, injures 1 in northwestern New Mexico

Volunteer firefighters responded to the blaze Wednesday night along with emergency crews from San Juan County and Farmington. The home…

December 28, 2017

Colorado pays $55K to 2 women for sexual harassment

The Denver Post reported the settlements Wednesday based on records it obtained after requesting information from judicial officials. One of…

80 days without precipitation in Albuquerque

If the trend holds, forecasters say Albuquerque could finish in the top five longest periods without precipitation since record-keeping started…

Colorado traffic deaths rise to 615, many in El Paso County

The Gazette reports data from the transportation department shows this year’s total reached 615 on Monday. Last year, the total…

New Mexico police arrest man with 14 DUI convictions

New Mexico State Police say 57-year-old Levi Manuelito was spotted along U.S. 64 near Shiprock on Friday after dispatchers had…

Avalanche risk high in northern, central Colorado mountains

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says naturally occurring slides will be less likely Wednesday but it will be easy for…

New Mexico among least prepared for health disasters

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the study made public last week by the health policy organization Trust for America’s…

Colorado Springs seeks solutions for deer overpopulation

The Gazette reports city officials next month will speak with state Parks and Wildlife area wildlife manager Frank McGee to…

3 killed in wrong way crash on Interstate 70 near Denver

Trooper Josh Lewis of the Colorado State Patrol says the 86-year-old man was driving a Dodge Caravan westbound in the…

Oil, gas drilling picks up in western Colorado in 2017

The Daily Sentinel reports Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data through Dec. 8 shows drilling had begun on 113…

Navajo lawmakers support funding for student housing project

The Navajo Nation Council late last week approved legislation to use nearly $1.5 million in supplemental funding for the effort.…

Jerusalem violence, rain put damper on Bethlehem Christmas

Crowds were thinner than previous years as visitors, particularly Arab Christians living in Israel and the West Bank, appeared to…

December 24, 2017

North Korea calls latest UN sanctions ‘an act of war’

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch…

December 24, 2017

Cortez man completes high school education at 62

Lettman waited 44 years to revisit the classroom

December 24, 2017

U.S. approves 60-million-ton expansion of Montana coal mine

U.S. officials have approved a 60-million-ton expansion of a southeastern Montana coal mine that serves one of the largest power…

December 22, 2017

New voting districts drawn in Navajo discrimination suit

The new election districts are designed to give an equal voice in local races to American Indian residents who make…

December 22, 2017

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

Not real Evidence points to Antifa behind deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state The facts Several conspiracy sites have pointed…

December 22, 2017

More than 500 hospitalized during severe Colorado flu season

The Denver Post reported Wednesday that the state typically has about 150 flu hospitalizations by mid-December. But this year, 566…

December 20, 2017

Fort Collins church forgives man who vandalized building

The Coloradoan reports the man threw a rock through a window of an auxiliary building at the Foothills Unitarian Church…

December 20, 2017