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Judge grants continuance in Rifle murder trial
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A district court judge Friday granted a motion to continue the Rifle murder trial of Heath Johnston until September. more...
  03/13/2010 1:13pm
ER repairs on I-70 to cost $860k
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Costs will be at least $860,000 to repair holes punched into Interstate 70 by a rock slide.
  03/12/2010 6:12pm
IT'S OPEN: I-70 through Glenwood Canyon reopened to traffic
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Interstate 70 through the Glenwood Canyon reopened about 3 p.m. this afternoon.
  03/11/2010 6:21pm
I-70 set to reopen after rock slide
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Workers are getting ready to reopen Interstate 70 in western Colorado, three days after a rock slide tore gaping holes in an elevated section and littered the highway with boulders.
  03/11/2010 6:20pm
Zamboni falls through Keystone ice
KEYSTONE, Colo. — A Zamboni slipped through the cracks at the Keystone Lake Tuesday night.
  03/10/2010 4:54pm
Colorado unemployment rate edges up to 7.4 percent
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point in January to 7.4 percent, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday.

That compares with 6.7 percent a year ago.
  03/10/2010 2:01pm
Crews to break up unstable rock perched above I-70
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — A helicopter is on scene in Glenwood Canyon, where crews plan to break apart a large boulder that threatens to fall down on Interstate 70, according to a Wednesday morning update from the Colorado Department of...
  03/10/2010 1:27pm
Colo. group calls for Amazon boycott
DENVER (AP) — The liberal group ProgressNow wants Coloradans to boycott Amazon.com over the retailer's decision to cut ties with online affiliates in the state.
  03/09/2010 6:37pm
Crews work on rocks above closed Glenwood Canyon
GLENWOOD CANYON, Colo. — Crews were working Tuesday afternoon to stabilize rocks above Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
  03/09/2010 4:01pm
Store will be a Whole (Foods) lot smaller
BASALT, Colorado — Whole Foods Market intends to open a 25,000-square-foot grocery store in Basalt within the next 18 months, the top executive in the region said Monday.
  03/09/2010 3:32pm
Archbishop defends decision on lesbians' children
DENVER (AP) — The archbishop of Denver is defending a decision by a Catholic school in Colorado not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple.
  03/09/2010 11:41am
Crews hike to precarious boulder after Glenwood rock slide
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Workers hiked up the side of a Colorado canyon Tuesday to examine another boulder threatening to fall on Interstate 70 after a rock slide forced the highway to close indefinitely.
  03/09/2010 11:27am
Update and Photos from the Glenwood Canyon rock fall
Slideshow shows extent of damage
  03/08/2010 6:52pm
I-70 in Glenwood Canyon closed due to rockslide
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon remained closed to traffic in both directions Monday morning, after a large rock slide sent huge boulders tumbling onto the interstate at about midnight Sunday.
  03/08/2010 10:23am
Vail medical center's helicopter service takes off
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Dr. Reg Franciose remembers a frustrating night in the emergency room three years ago. He needed to send a patient with a head injury from the Vail Valley Medical Center to a Denver hospital for additional treatment, but it took hours...
  03/07/2010 2:47pm
Purgatory ski resort takes out $8.85M loan
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort has taken out an $8.85 million loan to refinance debt and make improvements on the ski mountain.
  03/07/2010 1:22pm
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