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Lawsuit: Colorado sheriff’s policy violates immigrants’ rights

The complaint filed in Teller County District Court argues that Sheriff Jason Mikesell “continues to hold prisoners in custody after…

July 23, 2018

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U.S. Southwest swelters with temperatures up to 120 degrees

Southwest Colorado will be hot, but rains also in forecast

July 23, 2018

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Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

The sun sets over Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah. According to recently released document, senior Interior Department officials…

July 23, 2018

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Outdoor Retailer show in Denver brings out the politics

Industry group rates Colorado congressional delegation on outdoors-related issues

July 23, 2018

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2 dead, 2 wounded in shootings at southern Colorado pot grows

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a man who was critically wounded in the first shooting drove himself to…

July 23, 2018

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Woman taking photos of Colorado steam train hit and killed

The 15-car Union Pacific historic train was returning to Denver Saturday from Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming when the woman…

July 23, 2018

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2 men who drowned at reservoir near Aspen identified

The Aspen Times reports Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis identified the victims Sunday night as John Teague and James “Bret”…

July 23, 2018

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Environmental group taps reservoirs to boost Rio Grande flow

The environmental group Audubon New Mexico announced last week that it helped to initiate the agreements, which will amount to…

July 23, 2018

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Drought spurs extreme measures to protect West’s wild horses

‘We’ve never seen it like this’

July 23, 2018

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Great Sand Dunes park born out of cooperation

there a drought lesson for today?

July 23, 2018

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New Colorado VA hospital opens … late and over budget

Veterans strolled the halls and peered into operating rooms at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora on…

July 22, 2018

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Reckoning with history: The legacy of lynching in the West

‘Frontier justice’ disproportionately targeted people of color

July 22, 2018

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Workforce additions help Colorado’s unemployment rate tick down

Wage growth in the nation is 2.5 percent, just higher than the rate of inflation.Associated Press file That’s good news…

July 22, 2018

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Use of force “fight club” competition at jail revealed

It wasn’t her birthday. Instead, the Sheriff’s Office has confirmed, Rincon was being crowned champion of what one county jailer…

July 21, 2018

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Man driving tractor leads Denver police on slow-speed chase

The newspaper says it appears more than a dozen squad cars chased the tractor and many other vehicles were hit.…

July 21, 2018

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Thousands of Colorado court cases hidden from public view

Plata County has highest number of suppressed cases

July 20, 2018

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Phoenix area ozone advisories issued for the last 11 days

Maricopa County has surpassed that air quality standard 28 days so far this year, compared with a record 39 in…

July 20, 2018

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A year after fiscal deal, Colorado may owe taxpayer refunds

Bill 267 draws mixed reactions from Democrats, GOP

July 20, 2018

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Oregon State studies embers to fight spread of wildfires

Assistant professor David Blunck’s team is testing variables such as temperature, wind speed, timber species and branch diameter to figure…

July 20, 2018

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo remains hot topic

Meanwhile, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced this week he is seeking to void a 2003 land transfer from…

July 20, 2018

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Colorado Spring Airport fire ruled accidental

The Colorado Springs Police Department determined that the fire on April 16 was sparked by workers using propane torches during…

July 20, 2018

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Rocky Mountain National Park lifts campfire ban

Rocky Mountain National Park lifted its ban on campfires Friday, two weeks after imposing it to avoid sparking another wildfire.…

July 20, 2018

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Navajo Nation Council OKs bill on police standards, training

A bill to create training requirements and create an oversight commission was approved by the Navajo Nation Council on Thursday,…

July 20, 2018

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Study: National parks get fewer visits when pollution rises

Researchers at Iowa State and Cornell universities looked at more than two decades of data on ozone pollution at 33…

July 19, 2018