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Nikola Jokic scores 38 to help Nuggets match Blazers

Series tied 1-1 going to Portland

New Mexico proposes new rules for recreational pot growers

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Tuesday took its first major regulatory steps toward legal production of recreational marijuana, publishing lengthy proposed ground rules for cannabis businesses th...

Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico

SANTA FE – Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights ...

Plan to relocate wolves stirs debate in rural New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Monday marked the last day for people to comment on plans by U.S. wildlife managers to relocate a pair of wolves and their pups to one of Ted Turner’s properties in New Mexico...

Colorado bill would limit ketamine use by paramedics, police

DENVER – A Colorado bill aims to limit the use of ketamine in law enforcement encounters, almost two years after the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was injected with the drug while...

Budget, housing, jobs, health top Colorado fed relief plans

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats outlined their priorities Monday for $3.8 billion in federal virus relief destined for the state under the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, and budgetary support, workforce development, affordable housing and mental health top their agenda.

New Mexico weighs changes to permit for nuclear waste dump

CARLBAD, N.M. (AP) — U.S. officials are pushing state regulators to clear the way for a new ventilation shaft to be built at the federal government’s nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico, but watchdog groups say modifying the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s permit to allow for the construction could open the door to expansion.

City of Albuquerque collects 166 guns in a buyback program

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has collected nearly 170 guns in a buyback program designed to get the weapons off the street. Albuquerque City Council member Cynthia Borrego said lots...

Phil’s thrill: Mickelson becomes oldest major winner at PGA Championship

Lefty a two-shot winner after tough tournament at Kiawah

21 die in extreme weather in China ultramarathon

BEIJING – Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported S...

Avalanche looking ahead in playoffs after sweep of Blues

ST. LOUIS – Colorado Avalanche winger Gabriel Landeskog didn’t hesitate in admitting that playing on a line centered by standout Nathan MacKinnon is a blast. “It’s definitely one of the bes...

Story hits walk-off HR in 9th, Rockies beat slumping Dbacks

DENVER – Trevor Story hit a home run leading off the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Colorado Rockies over the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Sunday. Story hit a 1-1 curveball f...