Regional News

Man pursuing record for hiking notorious Colorado trail

The current record is 1,719 ascents of the Manitou Incline near Manitou Springs. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports 62-year-old Greg…

June 23, 2019

New Mexico unemployment rate holds at 5%

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions on Friday published the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate. It was an increase from…

June 23, 2019

Colorado bison herd growing much faster than expected

The herd at a natural area north of Fort Collins began three years ago as 10 genetically pure descendants of…

Family of men shot by Phoenix police emboldened after video

Protesters stand outside the Phoenix Police Department on Friday in Phoenix. The family of Hector Lopez, who was shot dead…

Umpire, 13, warned coaches, spectators to calm down before brawl at youth ballgame

Cordova was the umpire at a youth baseball game played primarily by 7-year-olds in Lakewood, Colorado, that drew national attention…

Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix

Fire spokesman Dick Fleishman said Saturday the fire in Tonto National Forest near Roosevelt Lake covers nearly 125 square miles,…

3 men who escaped Colorado immigrant detention center caught

KMGH-TV in Denver reported Friday the men were found in three locations but had spent several nights together in a…

Denver man gets 10 years in prison for $19M Ponzi scheme

The Denver Post reported Friday that 72-year-old Daniel Rudden was sentenced for mail fraud and must pay restitution to his…

Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

The Army Corps of Engineers has asked the state to provide a plan on how it will prevent the pipeline…

Dino bones at Colorado construction site are of triceratops

Maura O’Neal, a spokeswoman for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, said Friday the partial skeleton included a limb…

Thief steals crown of Ms. Wheelchair New Mexico

KOB-TV reports that Irene Delgado says someone broke into her car in Santa Fe and took the crown. Delgado is…

Firefighter uses YouTube duck calls to rescue ducklings

Since fire engines arent equipped with duck calls, Firefighters used the audio from a @YouTube video to talk 4 frightened…

Southeastern New Mexico county shuns employee bilingual idea

The Hobbs News-Sun reports Lea County Commissioners turned thumbs-down on the idea that would have given employees paid incentives to…

Memorial service for Colorado trooper hit, killed on I-70

They’re participating in a procession and memorial service for 37-year-old Trooper William Moden in suburban Denver on Friday morning. The…

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

A Douglas County Sheriff’s Department deputy walks past the doors to the STEM School Highlands Ranch, in Highlands Ranch. A…

Kids pay for parents’ fistfight at Colorado baseball game

The Bear Creek Junior Sports Association said Wednesday that it has zero tolerance for such behavior and canceled the remaining…

Senators press feds on commitment to Native American safety

Kimberly Loring stands in her grandmother’s home in 2018 in Browning, Mont., holding a photo of her sister, Ashley Heavyrunner…

Booming New Mexico oil region to get $5M in airport upgrades

The Hobbs News-Sun reports the Lea County Commission gave the green light last week to improvements to the Lea County…

Colorado man gets 42 years for death of single mother of 4

The Pueblo Chieftain reports 35-year-old Heith Gleason pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder and was immediately sentenced for the death…

Police release video, search for brawlers at kids’ game

Video shot by spectators shows men exchanging punches on the field. Lakewood police spokesman John Romero said police want help…

1 killed in Colorado asphalt plant accident

The Greeley Tribune reports that the firefighters responded about 9 p.m. Tuesday to the accident at the Martin Marietta plant…

10-year-old Colorado girl scales Yosemite’s famed El Capitan

Selah Schneiter of Glenwood Springs completed the challenging 3,000-foot climb last week with the help of her father and a…

Power project on Navajo Nation connects 233 homes to grid

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority worked with volunteer utility crews from across the country on the project that wrapped up…