Regional News

Ancestral Pueblo practices could save New Mexico pinelands

Researchers look to the past to better fight fire

January 2, 2018

Could 2018 be the year Colorado’s green energy debate goes big?

Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility, is reviewing plans with state regulators to move 55 percent of its electricity portfolio…

January 2, 2018

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New Colorado laws for 2018: Teen sexting, pot growing and more

A new law is in effect that changes the number of plants people are allowed to grow in their home.Durango…

January 2, 2018

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Highlands Ranch shooter was lawyer, Iraq war veteran

Shooter Matthew Riehl, 37, died Sunday during what officials called an ambush at his apartment building in Highlands Ranch, 16…

January 1, 2018

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The 26,000 tons of radioactive waste under Lake Powell

Uranium boom brought mills and toxic waste to the Colorado River

January 1, 2018

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American Indian tribes commission problem-gambling study

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the industry-funded Responsible Gaming Association of New Mexico is financing a study designed…

January 1, 2018

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Banner greets Pence in Aspen

‘Make America Gay Again’ posted near home

December 31, 2017

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Filmmaker to make code talkers movie

to be told from soldiers’ perspective

December 31, 2017

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Hickenlooper wary of U.S. interference in regulations

Governor fears feds will try to undo what state has enacted

December 31, 2017

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5 Colorado deputies shot, 1 fatally, in ‘ambush’ attack

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock said the shooting occurred at a home at the Copper Canyon Apartments, a landscaped complex…

December 31, 2017

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Denver DA charges 10 ‘budtenders’ for selling too much pot

sales to out-of-state buyers

December 29, 2017

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Trump administration rescinding rules for oil, gas drilling

Ed Andrieski/Associated Press file The rules developed under President Barack Obama would have applied mainly in the West, where most…

December 28, 2017

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State bus service plans expansion into southwest Colorado

The Daily Sentinel reports the Bustang bus service is planning to add routes connecting Grand Junction to Durango and Gunnison…

December 28, 2017

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Colorado ski areas pay record $20M in White River forest

The reason: Wildfire. The Aspen Times reports that the fees, paid by 11 ski areas for the fiscal year ending…

December 28, 2017

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Deadly New Mexico shootings, politics make headlines in 2017

It marked another year in which violence spurred as many questions as calls for prayer and change as New Mexicans…

December 26, 2017

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Dry winter could stress Arizona’s ponderosa pines

Without enough winter moisture, scientists tell the Arizona Daily Sun, the trees will be more susceptible to bark beetles and…

December 25, 2017

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Western Colorado eyes potential BLM move

Western Colorado. “My greatest fear is that we will wake up to an announcement and we’re not ready for it,”…

December 25, 2017

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Proper fire funding continues to elude Congress

what’s the holdup?

December 25, 2017

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2 killed, 2 injured in crash of big rig and SUV in Kirtland

The fatal crash occurred about 1:45 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of U.S. 64 and County Road 6500. State Police…

December 25, 2017

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Head of Santa Fe Indian Market nonprofit stepping down

Dallin Maybee took over the nonprofit at a turbulent time and leaves after a contentious period. Changes to the application…

December 25, 2017

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Worker injured in fire at oil site in northern Colorado

It took several hours for firefighters to get a handle on the blaze, and staff had to retreat at one…

December 25, 2017

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Rural Colorado health in crisis with doctors becoming scarce

counties have no doctor at all

December 22, 2017

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More than $38K raised to help seniors forced out of apartments

Organizers announced Wednesday that about $16,000 has been used so far to cover moving expenses, security deposits and first month’s…

December 21, 2017

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N.M. delegates renew push to limit drilling outside of Chaco Canyon

Democratic members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing their pleas for federal land managers to limit oil and natural…

December 21, 2017