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Man sentenced for having banned animals for Colorado hunts

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Saturday that 34-year-old Michael Gates pleaded guilty June 19 to illegally possessing and importing…

July 15, 2019

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Footage of fatal crash involving commuter train, car damaged

The Albuquerque Journal reports cameras on the Rail Runner Express train are supposed to record everything that happens while the…

July 15, 2019

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Prosecutors reviewing report on death of Albuquerque inmate

The Albuquerque Journal also reports that Metropolitan Detention Center Chief Ralph Fernandez’s internal investigation into the Feb. 2 death of…

July 15, 2019

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Man dies, wife injured in lightning strike on Colorado peak

The Denver Post reports the 36-year-old man died while his 37-year-old wife suffered non-life threatening injuries Sunday on Bear Peak.…

July 15, 2019

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Rock climber dies after a 140-foot fall in Sandia Mountains

Bernalillo County Fire Department officials say several people were on a rock-climbing excursion when one climber slipped and fell Saturday…

July 14, 2019

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Agencies boost efforts to stop wildland firefighter suicides

Bill Arsenault of the Idaho Falls Fire Department looks at memorial stones June 3 at the Wildland Firefighters Monument at…

July 14, 2019

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Film airing on PBS recalls Arizona city’s dark deportation history

Fernando Serrano, 23, who plays a striking miner in “Bisbee ’17,” a story of how some 1,200 miners, most of…

July 14, 2019

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Agreement calls for shield’s return to tribe in New Mexico

Under the agreement filed Friday, the EVE auction house is to release the artifact to the U.S. Embassy in Paris…

July 14, 2019

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Hundreds of guns turned in during Albuquerque buyback event

The Police Department calls the 415 guns turned in Saturday “an overwhelming response from the public” and says the weapons…

July 14, 2019

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Colorado health officials issue Front Range pollution alert

The Colorado Department of Health and Human Services issued an ozone alert that was to remain in effect until at…

July 14, 2019

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Climber killed during descent from Colorado peak identified

Pitkin County Coroner Steve Ayers said 61-year-old James Hasse died of blunt force trauma to the head during Wednesday’s accident.…

July 13, 2019

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Colorado man pleads guilty in theft of thousands of pills

U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn’s office says Dewayne Scott entered his plea this week. Scott is scheduled to be sentenced on…

July 13, 2019

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Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch linked to investigation

Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Stanley, N.M., is shown Monday. Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the…

July 13, 2019

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A-Basin opens terrain park to skiers, snowboarders

The Summit Daily reports that the ski area along the Continental Divide will open the terrain park from 11 a.m.…

July 13, 2019

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N.M. apartment complex fire displaces residents; woman in custody

The Fire Department said the building was “a total loss” and that firefighters who responded to the blaze Friday switched…

July 13, 2019

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Hundreds protest possible immigration roundups in Denver

The Denver Post reports about 2,000 people gathered at the center in Aurora on Friday night before a candlelight vigil.…

July 13, 2019

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Colorado boat inspections finding more invasive mussels

The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports the Colorado Parks and Wildlife have found 51 boats with mussels so far this season across…

July 13, 2019

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Man arrested after daylong standoff with Colorado police

Authorities say John Cruz, Jr. surrendered to officers shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. Cruz allegedly barricaded himself inside the home…

July 13, 2019

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N.M. wants sex offender law changed amid Epstein probe

Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch is in Stanley, N.M. Epstein is entangled in two legal fights that span the East Coast,…

July 13, 2019

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Rafting resumes on Royal Gorge section of Arkansas River

The Pueblo Chieftain reports that a high water level advisory was lifted for the Royal Gorge section of the river…

July 12, 2019

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Judge: Case against truck driver in crash will go to trial

A Jefferson County judge also determined Thursday that there is enough evidence for Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos to stand trial on…

July 12, 2019

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Groups call for review of drilling permits near Chaco park

The groups outlined their concerns in a letter sent late Wednesday to Tim Spisak, who oversees U.S. Bureau of Land…

July 12, 2019

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New Mexico regulators chart course for coal plant closure

This Nov. 9, 2009, photo shows the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington. New Mexico regulators on Wednesday began…

July 12, 2019

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Polis becomes first Democrat to address conservative summit

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during the Western Conservative Summit on Friday in Denver.AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via AP The…

July 12, 2019