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Worker killed in forklift accident at Colorado college

WOODLAND PARK – A construction worker has died in a forklift accident at the Charis Bible College west of Colorado Springs. The Gazette reports that the victim in the incident M...

Authorities asking for help finding Colorado teen’s killers

DENVER – Investigators are looking for help from the public as they try to find at least three men they believe were involved in the killing of a 17-year-old Colorado girl over a year ago. ...

Mortgage rates steady this week

Thirty-year stays at 4.45%

Colorado public school enrollment exceeds 911,000 statewide

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Education reports that public schools in the state recorded their smallest increase in student numbers in nearly 30 years this school year. The...

Navajo Nation police: 1 dead in shooting involving officers

NASCHITTI, N.M. – Navajo Nation authorities say one person is dead following a shooting involving police officers but that no officers were injured. The tribal police department s...

New Mexico bills, governor test appetite for gun control

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature and allied governor are pushing to increase oversight of firearms sales and place new limitations on gun possession and ownership, as a slate...

Flood recovery efforts stalled by government shutdown

BOULDER – Progress on ongoing flood recovery efforts in Boulder and Larimer counties has stopped due to the federal government shutdown. The Longmont Daily Times-Call reports Colo...

Colorado Electoral College reps try to revive lawsuit

DENVER – Colorado electors want a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state law requiring electors to back the winner ...

Prosecutors decline charges against Colorado teacher

GREELEY – Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Colorado middle school teacher who was the subject of a police investigation into possible mistreatment of a student. ...

Blowing snow in eastern Colorado closes schools, highway stretches

DENVER – Blowing snow and icy roads in suburban Denver and other parts of eastern Colorado have closed schools and shut down highways. Stretches of Interstate 70 were closed Tuesd...

Second skier dies in aftermath of New Mexico avalanche

SANTA FE – A second person died from injuries sustained in an avalanche last week at a northern New Mexico ski resort, relatives and a hospital official said Monday. The decease...

Man accused of threatening to kill ‘as many girls as I see’

SALT LAKE CITY – A man is under arrest in Utah after police say he posted on Facebook about “killing as many girls as I see” the same weekend that Women’s Marches were held around the countr...