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Woman pleads guilty to embezzling Girl Scout cookie profits

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling Girl Scout cookie funds from her daughter’s troop. The Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday that 32-year...

DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado getting $20.2M for watershed work after fires

Colorado is getting $20.2 million to help prevent flooding and mudslides after this yearâ€™s wildfires. Sen. Michael Bennet and Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday announced the Eme...

DATE: Nov 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Energy company drops plans to drill under lake, dog park

DENVER – An oil and gas company that wanted to drill 14 wells that would extend underneath a Colorado lake has withdrawn its application amid public outcry over the proposal. The ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Man sentenced to 25 years for shooting at police post

DENVER – A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors who charged him with firing at a Denver police command post. Kairo Alejandres-...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

No one hurt when plane makes hard landing near Denver

LONE TREE â€“ Colorado authorities say two people escaped injury when their small plane crash-landed into a grassy field southeast of Denver. The single-engine plane went down aro...

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arapahoe Basin, Loveland ski areas set to open

Wolf Creek was first to open in Colorado this year

DATE: Oct 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Hickenlooper’s office labels ethics complaint a political stunt

DENVER — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office on Friday called an ethics complaint filed against him a stunt aimed at influencing the November election. Gubernatorial spokes...

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s Safe2Tell program sees surge of suicide reports

Number now surpasses bullying as reason to contact program

DATE: Oct 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Motocross headed to Florida for the first time since 1997

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. â€” Major motocross racing is headed back to Florida for the first time in 21 years. The 2019 schedule for the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship was announced...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Pair caught hauling pot through Nebraska are imprisoned

KEARNEY, Neb. â€“ Two people caught hauling marijuana through Nebraska have been imprisoned. Buffalo County District Court records say 49-year-old Charlie Red, of Sedalia, Colorad...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Records: Most new voters in New Mexico are independents

SANTA FE – State records show the biggest increase in New Mexico voter registration is among residents who declined to state a party affiliation. The Albuquerque Journal reports n...

DATE: Oct 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man gets public service for wildfire along Colorado River

GRAND JUNCTION – A man who admitted accidentally starting a wildfire that burned about 200 acres along the Colorado River has been sentenced to 80 hours of public service under a plea agreem...