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More soldiers return to Colorado from Afghan deployment

FORT CARSON – Another 300 soldiers are back in Fort Carson after completing their deployment to Afghanistan. The members of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divi...

Blake Wheeler has goal, 4 assists in Jets’ win over Avs

Colorado has lost five consecutive games

Colorado man pleads guilty to trespassing at Old Faithful

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – A 27-year-old Colorado man who walked dangerously close to Old Faithful geyser in September is banned from Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton ...

Energy company drops plans to drill under lake, dog park

DENVER – An oil and gas company that wanted to drill 14 wells that would extend underneath a Colorado lake has withdrawn its application amid public outcry over the proposal. The ...

Colorado drivers can choose gender X on driver’s licenses

DENVER – Colorado drivers who do not identify as male or female soon will be allowed to choose the letter X to represent gender on their driver’s license. Officials with the Color...

Some targeted, local tax hikes approved around Colorado

DENVER – Colorado voters rejected statewide ballot measures seeking to raise taxes, but they approved some targeted, local tax increases. Voters in Grand Junction backed doubling ...

Tipton defeats Mitsch Bush

Voters reject stricter rules on new energy wells

Independence Pass closes for winter following snowstorm

ASPEN – Independence Pass near Aspen is closed for the winter season after more than a foot of snow fell in the area over the weekend. Colorado Department of Transportation offi...

Trial of New Mexico man indicted in shooting rampage moves

SANTA FE – A judge has moved the trial of a man accused of killing multiple people in a shooting rampage in northern New Mexico last year. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the tri...

Lawmakers call on FEMA to reimburse flood recovery projects

BOULDER – Colorado counties could lose $70 million in reimbursements on 2013 flood recovery projects because of recently enacted rules by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...

Woman found dead in mountains west of Boulder ID’d

BOULDER – Authorities have released the name of a 61-year-old woman who was found dead in the mountains west of Boulder. The Daily Camera reports Sandra Pletschet of Nederland was...

Analysis of pay shows huge raises for a few in Mesa County, Colorado

Newspaper reports county officials intentionally kept discussion quiet