Regional News

Work underway on massive fans for nuclear waste repository

Officials say the six fans being made by the Encorus Group will significantly increase the amount of air in the…

November 14, 2018

New Mexico election leaves few checks on Democratic power

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who was elected Tuesday as the state’s next governor, answers questions at a joint press…

Democratic wave surged deep into Colorado’s key counties

Republicans must discover whether ‘blue wave’ is long-lasting

Town residents return home after package spurs evacuation

Gilcrest, which has a population of about 1,100, was evacuated Monday night after a suspicious device was found at Valley…

Former seminarian speaks out about Denver seminary abuse

The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported on the case Monday after former seminarian Stephen Szutenbach went public partly because he is…

More soldiers return to Colorado from Afghan deployment

The members of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, returned home early Tuesday. A group of about…

Zinke ‘100 percent confident’ he’ll be cleared in probes

Democrats in House plan to launch a new investigation in January

Acquitted man alleges in lawsuit that cop planted drugs

Nakiko S. Diallo of Denver filed the civil rights claim in U.S. District Court against Aurora police Officer Matthew Milligan,…

Backers of oil and gas drilling setbacks in Colorado lost at the ballot box, but are looking to a new blue statehouse

shift could change the fracking equation

With teen vaping exploding, Colorado’s QuitLine will now help users as young as 12

as young as 12 will be able to call state-run line

Search called off for missing man in northern Colorado

Kristia Check-Hill of Routt County Search and Rescue tells the Steamboat Pilot & Today that winter weather conditions forced an…

Residents protest swastika flag in Fruita

About 70 people marched to a home in Fruita on Sunday and rallied across the street for about two hours.…

New Mexico sect co-leader pleads no contest to abuse charges

James Green entered his pleas Friday in state District Court in Grants to charges stemming from abuse of a Ugandan…

Colorado ski areas to open early for 2018-19 season

The Vail Daily reports Vail, originally slated to open Friday, will open for the season at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.…

Snow and ice lead to cancellation of classes in Santa Fe

Officials at Santa Fe Public Schools said schools districtwide would be close Monday because of the weather. They say the…

New Mexico weighs options for reusing oil and gas wastewater

New Mexico officials, with the help of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have drafted a document that outlines areas where…

Heat, drought drove 2018 fires in northwestern Colorado

Colt Mortenson with the Bureau of Land Management tells the Craig Daily Press that more than 200 blazes charred 169…

Colorado Republican leader settles charges in fatal accident

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports terms of the settlement between Trevor Dierdorff and Dianna Tolbert were not disclosed. Dierdorff is…

Colorado’s election brought a wave of women, but the current was strongest for Democrats

Newly elected Democratic Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold addresses the watch party for Colorado Democrats at the Westin Hotel…

In Yosemite, two deaths raise concerns about social media

Study: Selfies caused 259 fatalities

Snow blankets central Colorado, snarls traffic

Icy roadways and a crash involving more than a dozen vehicles on Interstate 70 in Denver on Sunday triggered an…