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Some Colorado sheriff candidates have an unlikely campaign promise: not enforcing the law

‘Constitutional sheriffs’ rail against government overreach, red flag laws

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters’ staffing woes

SALT LAKE CITY – Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration’s steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage increases won’t be enough to combat staffing problems, as fe...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado taxpayers could see $750 refund checks this summer, new forecast estimates

Amounts are nearly double what state officials predicted in April

DATE: Jun 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Five tribes sign agreement to preserve Bears Ears National Monument

Agreement means tribes and BLM will work together to determine land use and long-term goals

DATE: Jun 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado guilty plea a first for U.S. election task force

DENVER – A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official in a what officials say is the first such plea obtained by a federal task force d...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona fires sweep land rich with ancient sites, artifacts

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – As Jason Nez scans rugged mountains, high desert and cliffsides for signs of ancient tools and dwellings unique to the U.S. Southwest, he keeps in mind that they're part o...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribal leaders and feds reestablish Bears Ears Commission

SALT LAKE CITY – Federal officials and tribal nations have formally re-established a commission to oversee land management decisions at a national monument in Utah – among the first such joi...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘It’s our new cash crop’: A land rush for renewable energy is transforming the Eastern Plains

A race to meet Colorado climate goals has led to a flurry of wind and solar activity

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Clela Rorex, who issued 1st same-sex marriage licenses, dies in Boulder

BOULDER – Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has di...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Summer rainy season sets up across Four Corners

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Some Arizona residents were battered by flooding last year when the summer rainy season known simply as the monsoon unleashed on mountains that have been scorched by flame...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BLM speeds up planned gather of wild horses in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – Federal authorities have moved up an operation to remove hundreds of wild horses from western Colorado from September to this week, citing poor rangeland conditions that thr...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado readies e-bike program with $12 million in new funding

State officials want to make sure shops have stock

DATE: Jun 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News