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Colorado teen pleads guilty to murder of 10-year-old girl

Aidan Zellmer appeared Friday in Adams County District Court. Prosecutors in 2017 charged Zellmer with first-degree murder and first-degree murder…

February 1, 2019

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Teacher at meditation center arrested in child sex assault case

The Boulder Police Department said Friday that 71-year-old William Llyod Karelis had been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of…

February 1, 2019

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Polis calls for re-opening Cañon City prison as back-up to reform measures

is to make facility an intake center to help expand treatment

February 1, 2019

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When Colorado cops police themselves, public can be left in the dark

would make internal investigation files subject to open-records requests

February 1, 2019

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Arizona joins Colorado River drought plan

The reduced water level of Lake Mead in 2018 behind Hoover Dam in Arizona. Arizona is nearing a deadline to…

January 31, 2019

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Colorado comprehensive sex ed bill advances after combative, explicit testimony

Rep. Don Coram is main sponsor in Senate

January 31, 2019

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Sheriff who shot Billy the Kid focus of New Mexico festival

The first Pat Garrett Western Heritage Festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and comes…

January 31, 2019

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Arizona lawmakers to debate drought plan ahead of deadline

In this July 16, 2014 photo, what was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding…

January 31, 2019

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Colorado House sends hospital transparency bill to Senate

Democratic Rep. Chris Kennedy’s bill is designed to allow state officials to study why privately insured individuals are paying more…

January 31, 2019

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U.S. moves ahead with oil leases near Chaco park

Chris Farthing from Suffolks County, England, takes a picture while visiting Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico…

January 31, 2019

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Outdoor industry pushes political fight over lands, climate

A sign indicating items that were 100-percent fair trade-sewn marks a rack of jackets and shells in the Patagonia exhibit…

January 31, 2019

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Mom of New Mexico infant shot in face released from jail

The Gallup Independent reports a district court judge on Monday ordered the release of Shayanne Nelson after ruling she was…

January 31, 2019

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Autopsy reveals N.M. robbery suspect was shot at least 40 times

The Albuquerque Journal reports that court records say 32-year-old Wes Allen had a gun on June 7 as he drove…

January 31, 2019

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Colorado man gets 12 years in prison for time-share scam

Boulder County District Attorney spokeswoman Shannon Carbone says Kristopher Chavez also was sentenced to two years of work release and…

January 30, 2019

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With Democrats in charge, Colorado now backs clean air rule

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that Colorado will withdraw from a lawsuit challenging one of the Obama administration’s biggest…

January 30, 2019

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Sen. Cory Gardner endorses Trump re-election

Widely seen as the most vulnerable GOP incumbent in 2020, Gardner told a conservative publication in an article published Wednesday…

January 30, 2019

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‘Kill committees’ aren’t expected to be their usual graveyards under new Democratic majority in Colorado Legislature

The gold-covered dome on the State Capitol shines in the late afternoon sun in downtown Denver.Associated Press file Unlike Congress,…

January 30, 2019

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Utah judge denies challenge to Navajo’s election candidacy

The Salt Lake Tribune reports that District Judge Don Torgerson ruled Tuesday that Grayeyes has been a lifelong resident of…

January 30, 2019

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Colorado boy killed in Christmas Eve fire likely sparked it

Police Capt. Bill Leonard told the Craig Daily Press that materials found in the bedroom of 3-year-old Lane Ernest Cullen…

January 30, 2019

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Report: Colorado hospitals pushed costs to privately insured patients

were paying $1.66 on every dollar spent at hospitals in 2017

January 30, 2019

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Polis details full-day kindergarten proposal to lawmakers

Governor urges legislators to act fast

January 30, 2019

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Senate Democrats reject income tax rate cut bill

The proposal, sponsored by Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg and Rep. Rod Pelton, had won initial support in a tweet from…

January 30, 2019

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Bill to rename Columbus Day clears hurdle in N.M.

The New Mexico House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee unanimously passed Tuesday a measure to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous…

January 29, 2019

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New Mexico considers lighter punishment for drug possession

The measure from Sen. Jacob Candelaria of Albuquerque and Rep. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe, both Democrats, would reclassify the…

January 29, 2019