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Water drop on fire crew in New Mexico prompts investigation

SANTA FE – Federal authorities confirmed Friday they are investigating how three firefighters battling the largest blaze burning in the U.S. were injured – one of them seriously – when a hel...

DATE: Jun 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado inmate gets 48 years for kidnapping, killing woman

BOULDER – A man who was charged in the death of a woman who went missing in northern Colorado in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping. Juan Figueroa...

DATE: Jun 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Florida man killed in Colorado avalanche identified

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. – Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a rock fall and avalanche that also injured two other climbers at Rocky Mountain National ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coal pile slide buries, kills 2 at Pueblo power plant

Two men employed by Salt Lake City company

DATE: Jun 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2nd body found after boat carrying 13 flips on Colorado lake

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A boat flipped over in high winds on a Colorado lake over Memorial Day weekend, sending 13 people into the water and leaving two dead.

DATE: May 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boat capsizes on Colorado lake; 1 dead, 1 missing, 11 hurt

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A boat capsized on a Colorado lake Sunday night, leaving one woman dead, 11 people hospitalized and one man missing.

DATE: May 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge orders U.S. to decide whether wolverines need protection

Environmentalists challenge decision by Trump administration

DATE: May 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico wildfire nears 50% containment as weather shifts

SANTA FE – Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest active wildfire while bracing for a return of weath...

DATE: May 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Connelly leaves Nuggets for similar role with Timberwolves

DENVER — Tim Connelly is leaving his job as president of basketball operations of the Denver Nuggets for a similar role with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Connelly agreed to the deal Monday, t...

DATE: May 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Sports

Wilson says emotions won’t get to him in return to Seattle

ENGLEWOOD – Russell Wilson says he won’t get caught up in the emotions of his return to Seattle when he leads the Denver Broncos onto Lumen Field to face the Seahawks in the season opener in...

DATE: May 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Sports

Rain, snow slow New Mexico fire, but hot, dry weather looms

SANTA FE – The largest wildfire in North America slowed to a near standstill in northern New Mexico on Tuesday amid light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains as nearly 3,000 firefighters...

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Cooler weather helps firefighters battling New Mexico blaze

MORA, N.M. – Firefighters in New Mexico who are battling the nation’s largest active wildfire said Monday that cooler weather helped them prevent the blaze from growing as nearly 3,000 firef...

DATE: May 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico