Regional News

U.S. panel to hear arguments in nuclear waste storage case

Attorneys for the groups are scheduled Wednesday to make oral arguments before a panel with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission…

January 23, 2019

Prosecutors decline charges against Colorado teacher

The Greeley Tribune reports the Weld County District Attorney’s Office decided earlier this month not to file charges of cruelty…

Denver teachers voting on whether to strike over pay

Voting started Saturday and is set to end Tuesday night. Two-thirds of unionized teachers would have to approve a strike…

Interstate 70 in eastern Colorado reopens after storm

A line of trucks and cars stretched about 3 miles along Interstate 70 at midday at the beginning of a…

Skier killed in avalanche identified

The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday that Trook died in the slide Monday morning when he was buried about…

Data: 2018 was Denver’s deadliest year since 2004

The Denver Post reports figures compiled by Denver police, the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner and The Denver Post…

Colorado has made headway with opioids, but grim numbers show more is needed

Colorado is one of four states the AMA decided to spotlight with a deep-dive look at what it’ll take to…

Weld Rep. Lori Saine criticized for equating black, white lynchings after Civil War

said she did only a little preparation before speech

Blowing snow in eastern Colorado closes schools, highway stretches

Stretches of Interstate 70 were closed Tuesday, preventing travelers headed from near the Kansas border from reaching the Denver area.…

New Mexico considers legalizing medically assisted suicide

Opponents of proposals to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients and eliminate the state’s dormant ban on abortion…

Second skier dies in aftermath of New Mexico avalanche

The deceased skier was identified by family as 22-year-old Corey Borg-Massanari of Vail, who had moved to Colorado from Minnesota…

Colo. secretary of state takes aim at ‘massive secret political spending’

Democratic lawmakers say they’ll push campaign finance reform

Man accused of threatening to kill ‘as many girls as I see’

Jail documents filed by police in the city of Provo say 27-year-old Christopher W. Cleary wrote he was angry because…

Gila National Forest uses honor system for firewood cutting

Forest officials said Monday they recognize that neighboring communities rely on the wood for heating and cooking. The public cannot…

Colorado’s history of women in politics marks another milestone: A House majority

The five newly elected women, all Democrats, who helped their party regain control of the Colorado Senate, from left: Jessie…

University of Colorado monitors shutdown effects on campus

The Daily Camera reports the university received about $369 million, or 72 percent, of its research funding from the federal…

New Mexico charter school advocates protest enrollment cap

Objections to the limit on charter school growth were raised Monday as a Senate panel took up a proposal to…

1 person killed in avalanche in western Colorado

The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office says the victim, whose name and age have not been released, was caught in the…

Man who hit tree while night skiing at Granby Ranch dies

The Granby Police Department says the man, whose name has not been released, was found unresponsive just after 7 p.m.…

New Mexico inmates sue over spike in phone call rate

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the suit against Securus Technologies Inc. says a 2016 rate increase made the cost…

New Mexico considers legalizing medically assisted suicide

It’s the first test of right-to-die legislation since the election last year of a Democratic governor and a larger Democratic…

Two women from families with slaves make reparations payments

It’s the idea that white Americans should pay a moral debt to black Americans to compensate for slavery, Jim Crow…

January 20, 2019