Regional News

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – Membership selection for a Colorado commission to study gas and oil development issues is being delayed because of…

August 19, 2014

Colorado changing fire-fighting tactics

to speed wildfire suppression efforts

August 19, 2014

Lucrative Grand Canyon contract up for bid again

One of the most lucrative contracts in the National Park Service is going out to bid for a third time,…

August 18, 2014

University may have withheld Holmes’ records

CU’s psychiatrist gave warning to campus police

August 18, 2014

Death-penalty attacks on Gov. Hickenlooper renewed by GOP

Governor no longer backs capital punishment

August 18, 2014

Region Briefs

FORT COLLINS – A hiker is recovering after falling and spending about three hours in a crevice near a popular…

August 17, 2014

Arrest warrant issued in Banksy vandalism case

A Utah judge has issued an arrest warrant for a California man accused of vandalizing two murals in Park City…

August 17, 2014

Three months later, deadly slide being constantly monitored

Hundreds of trees were knocked down where a massive mudslide happened near Collbran on May 26.DEAN HUMPHREY/Grand Junction Daily Sentinel…

August 16, 2014

Teenage gunman deemed not a high threat

Denver-area school gives no explanation

August 16, 2014

Region Briefs

DENVER – A judge says lawsuits can move forward against the owner of the Colorado movie theater where a gunman…

August 16, 2014

Immigrants struggling for licenses in Colorado

Despite new law, obstacles thwart applicants’ efforts

Proposed bird habitat could hurt Arizona mine

Already, the proposed Rosemont copper mine south of Tucson has faced seven years of delays. The mine was dealt another…

Battle over flood aid roils Senate race

Candidates argue over state recovery, federal government shutdown

Hard work, honey of Utah beekeepers vanish

Bryce Bunderson’s bees were recently stolen from his hives in Layton, Utah. Bunderson and his brother were planning to use…

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – The Capitol dome’s $17 million renovation is nearly complete. On Wednesday morning, gilders rappelled down the dome to…

Report: $5.6B impact from N.M. arts, culture

Creative sector must work harder to keep up with tech change

Court: Transgender man can pursue divorce case

A three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Thomas Beatie’s marriage to Nancy Beatie in Hawaii in…

More water heads to drying Lake Mead

strains could lead to delivery cuts to Arizona, Nevada

Regional Briefs

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly has signed an executive order aimed at improving 911 service and…

August 12, 2014

New road opens to Skywalk

Crews recently paved the final nine-mile stretch of dirt and gravel road that had tour operators complaining of broken windows,…

August 12, 2014

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – A 19-year-old suburban Denver woman accused of trying to help a foreign terrorist organization plans to plead guilty…

August 10, 2014