Regional News

2 teens charged for damaging New Mexico Vietnam War memorial

KVIA-TV in Las Cruces reports 18-year-old Marvin Reyes and a 16-year-old boy were charged last week with one count each…

June 18, 2018

Another push for oil and gas measures on the Colorado ballot

Proposals falls on both sides of arguments for regulation

June 18, 2018

New Mexico Legislature resurrects bill pushed by utility

Many lawmakers said last week they are in talks with Public Service Company of New Mexico representatives and some legislative…

Looking for signs of global warming? It’s all around you

More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appeared…

Several staffers who left Post forming new online news site

Co-founding editor Larry Ryckman, a former senior editor at the Post, tells Colorado Public Radio he wants to “do journalism…

Colorado job growth quickens, surprising economists

Economists say that’s basically full employment, and it should make it difficult for companies to find talent. Surprisingly, that doesn’t…

Marijuana bus tours view themselves as industry ambassadors

Alyse Morgan, a guide for My 420 Tours bus in Denver, runs a group through some ground rules during a…

Missing boater’s body recovered in northern Colorado lake

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Authorities have recovered the body of a man who went missing in a northern Colorado lake. Steamboat…

Man shoots himself at Colorado music festival, apparently by accident

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports the 30-year-old man, whose name has not been released, shot himself Friday evening at…

Some Colorado ballots turned in for both parties, nullifying votes

The Denver Post reports that unaffiliated voters can only send back a Republican or Democratic primary ballot – not both.…

Wool, mohair program stops at Navajo Nation for seventh year

The Daily Times reports the Mid-States Wool Growers Cooperative Association returned to the Navajo Nation for the seventh year. The…

June 16, 2018

Cat tests positive for rabies after biting Colorado person

The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment says the person is undergoing treatment to prevent getting rabies. The…

June 16, 2018

Report: 2 Mexican wolves found dead in Arizona last month

The Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a news release Friday that the animals were found dead in May.…

Lawsuit challenges Boulder’s new assault-weapon ban

Lawyers for the Colorado State Shooting Association, Boulder-based Gunsport of Colorado and two private citizens say the new ordinance, which…

New Mexico Catholic bishops dismayed with border policies

Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester, Las Cruces Bishop Oscar Cantu and Gallup Bishop James Wall issued a statement Friday saying…

Summer is ‘deadliest 100 days’ on Colorado roads

2017, 259 people died between Memorial Day and Labor Day

New Mexico lawmakers challenge Navajo water compact

The protest was filed against New Mexico’s Interstate Stream Commission and state engineer by 10 legislators from districts stretching from…

Boy tells police that driver shot family in road rage run-in

Police arrested Jeremy Webster, 23, hours after the shooting that killed a 13-year-old boy and also wounded a bystander not…

Boy dies, his brother, mom critical after Colorado shooting

Westminster police released a statement saying a man unrelated to the other three victims was also shot, but is expected…

More than 12,000 claims filed for hail damage in Springs

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Thursday the storm also damaged about 250,000 square feet of roof at Pikes Peak Community…

Montana enters fire season still recovering from last year

has just $4 million in firefighting fund

June 14, 2018

Male black bear captured in Albuquerque community

The bear was hiding in a cottonwood tree Wednesday when New Mexico Game and Fish officers darted it. Game and…

June 14, 2018