Regional News

New leader of Colorado State Patrol sworn in at Capitol

Matthew Packard was promoted to colonel and chief and then sworn in by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the state Capitol…

December 19, 2017

Man pleads guilty to vandalizing northern Colorado mosque

The Fort Collins Coloradoan reports 36-year-old Joseph Giaquinto pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of criminal mischief and a…

Salt Lake City aiming for bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

U.S. champion Michelle Kwan practices for the women’s short program for the Winter Olympic Games at Salt lake Ice Center…

Coloradans sign up for health care in growing numbers

Tymbre Guerin, left, her mother Barbara Smith talk with health care insurance broker Justina Burciaga.John Daley/Colorado Public Radio So Obamacare…

GOP tax bill lines up a potential $300 million bump for Colorado’s budget

State and local governments have a lot at stake with the Republican tax bill. It potentially will add money to…

Petition removes blue frame from Garden of the Gods

The bright blue frame was installed into the rocks at High Point last week at Garden of the Gods Park…

Aztec High Schools return to class after deadly shooting

Aztec High School students and staff returned Monday and were greeted by residents of this small northwestern New Mexico community…

What effect does legal pot have on Colorado’s homeless?

of data doesn’t help, but it may not be what you think

Air Force Academy to restructure sexual-assault office

The academy’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, said he plans to require better qualifications for the office staff and put…

Aid in dying group releases early numbers on life-ending prescriptions for 2017

Colorado Rep. Joann Ginal, right, D-Fort Collins, hugs Carol Stork of Delta, after her testimony about the death of her…

Montezuma-Cortez discusses school safety after Aztec shooting

include lockdown drills, open lunch policy, guns in school

Rising groundwater damaging northeast Colorado homes

Every 20 minutes, water shoots out onto a patch of grass in her backyard for three seconds. A sump pump…

December 16, 2017

Sandoval County commission rejects energy drilling ordinance

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the commission will consider asking the county’s planning commission to overhaul the 10-page…

December 16, 2017

Summit County charities help struggling resort workers

Irene Moyer, a volunteer at Father Dyer Methodist Church in Breckenridge, helps seasonal and year-round residents get grocery bags of…

December 15, 2017

Family, classmates honor Aztec High School shooting victim

Hundreds turn out to remember boy killed at school

December 15, 2017

Denver ends snowless streak with 0.4 inches of snow

The city had been in the running to set a new record for the number of days without measurable snow.…

Gov. Hickenlooper to announce pick for Colorado Supreme Court

Last month, a judicial nominating commission gave the governor three judges to choose from, all of them women. They are…

Navajo Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. dies in Arizona at 96

Navajo Nation officials say Teddy Draper Sr. died Thursday at age 96 in the small city of Prescott. Tribal officials…

Rubio defection threatens GOP’s slim majority on tax bill

problems of two senators could affect vote next week

Director of Colorado pension fund dies snorkeling in Hawaii

Gregory Smith led PERA the last five years

Damaged school to be renovated in honor of shooting victims

Fundraising page set up to help with costs

A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation to get alert system

The tribe, whose reservation is the largest in the U.S. and spans three western states, came under fierce criticism in…

December 13, 2017