The DREAM Act gets a reality check this week in the US Senate…and in Colorado, the futures of about 46-thousand young people will be affected by the decision. Under the DREAM Act, undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children, who have lived here at least five years, could apply for permanent legal status by [...]

Melissa Lockhart sentenced to federal prison for being an accessory after the fact in the dragging death of “Buddy the Dog.” Melissa Marie Lockhart, age 33, formerly of Fruita, Colorado, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 12 months and one day in federal prison for being an [...]

Greeley police have retrieved a body from an irrigation ditch, about a mile from the home of a missing sixth-grader. The Greeley Tribune says there was no immediate indication of whether it was the body of Kayleah Wilson, who was last seen March 28 while walking to a friend’s house for a birthday party. The [...]

High winds have hit just about all of the Western Slope this afternoon.  And in some cases the winds have become quite inconvenient.  The Daily Sentinel reports that some Grand Junction residential and commercial trash customers won’t have their trash picked up until Thursday, as high winds forced the closure of the Mesa County Landfill [...]

The Gunnison Police Department was advised of a fire in the 100 Blk. N. Colorado St at 5:19 AM, on Saturday, January 30, 2010. The fire was called in by a WSC Student driving past the residence. The student entered the residence after notifying the police department and assisted four of the occupants from the [...]

A woman at the Winter X Games is trying to break a world record before competition even begins. Aspen Daily News says Dagny McKinley of Steamboat Springs is trying to set a Guinness world record for most hugs given in a 24-hour period. Her venue of choice is the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain, [...]