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District court marks August for execution of Colo. inmate

Nathan Dunlap, 38, right, with attorneys Philip Cherner and Madeline Cohen, appears Wednesday at a hearing at Arapahoe County Court…

April 30, 2013

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Licenses for undocumented residents clears House panel

On the day Oregon signed a similar measure into law, Colorado Democrats cleared the bill through a House committee, arguing…

April 30, 2013

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Navajos OK coal plant

The legislation signed by tribal President Ben Shelly on Tuesday extends the lease from 2019 to 2044 and boosts yearly…

April 29, 2013

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Gov. Hickenlooper signs budget for next year

Improving tax receipts allowed state lawmakers to fund areas of the budget they had cut during the recession, including public…

April 28, 2013

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Lawyers hint at insanity plea without James Holmes’ approval

Holmesdu1-i-syn They raised that possibility in a document that outlines their dilemma about how to give plea advice to James…

April 28, 2013

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Navajo Nation votes to form company that would run mine near Farmington

Tribal lawmakers voted Monday to form a limited liability company that would run the Navajo Mine near Farmington. The tribe…

April 28, 2013

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Shortage of air tankers leaves Colo. vulnerable

half of 2012 firefighting tanker requests went unfulfilled

April 28, 2013

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Paving planned for road to Skywalk

The Hualapai Tribe has awarded a $25 million contract to pave the road leading to the Grand Canyon Skywalk. The…

April 27, 2013

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Navajo selected as latest language for new ‘Star Wars’ dub

of translators spent 36 hours working on script

April 27, 2013

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Marijuana tax debate stalls in Colorado

Republicans walk off floor after interruption

April 27, 2013

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Several Colorado towns go to pot in board game

Durango is one of 8 stoner stops

April 27, 2013

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Pot-legalization proponents pooh-pooh ballot proposal

The marijuana ballot measure proposal went public as the state House started debate about bills to regulate and tax pot.…

April 26, 2013

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Agritourism proposed for rural places

A plan released Friday by the Colorado Tourism Office and the Colorado Department of Agriculture provides a three-year road map…

April 26, 2013

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Immigrant reporting law repealed

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday signed a bill that repeals the 2006 law, long decried by immigrant rights advocates…

April 26, 2013

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Udall’s FAA furlough-relief bill passed in Senate

Sequester cuts led to multiplicity of air-travel delays

April 24, 2013

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State approves license to build uranium mill in Montrose County

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Thursday issued Toronto-based Energy Fuels a radioactive materials license, clearing the…

April 24, 2013

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Court says pot smokers can be fired

Brandon Coats works on his computer at his home in Denver. Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient, was fired from…

April 24, 2013

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Pot-impaired driving debate makes return

The House vote to reconsider standards for impaired driving came just two days after a Senate committee decisively killed a…

April 23, 2013

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Slide survivor buried for 4 hours, 1 arm free

party members spaced themselves 50 feet apart – it wasn’t enough

April 23, 2013

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Guns, mentally ill bill OK’d by House panel

The measure was prompted by the case of the suspect in the Aurora movie theater massacre, who had been seeing…

April 23, 2013

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Parolee alerts flood Colorado

The Department of Corrections released documents Tuesday showing it received 89,000 alerts from the bracelets during the last six months.…

April 22, 2013

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DNA sampling bill passes Colo. House

Denver Democratic Rep. Dan Pabon, the bill sponsor, urged his colleagues to support the proposal by recounting cases where rapists…

April 22, 2013

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With bill, state’s police would have expanded access to cellphone data

The bill would require phone companies to provide law enforcement with access to the location of a phone in emergencies.…

April 22, 2013

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Mormon bishop wields sword to run off attacker

Kent Hendrix, 47, used his samurai sword to chase away a man involved in an altercation with a woman outside…

April 22, 2013