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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

Wife of Utah man killed in Afghanistan: Heartache, no regret

NORTH OGDEN, Utah – The wife of a Utah mayor and Army National Guard member who was killed in Afghanistan by one of his Afghan trainees says there is “heartache but no regret.” Br...

New Mexico commission rejects community solar project

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has rejected a proposal to build a community solar project in Dona Ana County. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports the c...

Fraternity orders shutdown of Boulder chapter

DENVER – The national office of a fraternity has ordered the shutdown of its chapter in Boulder after five University of Colorado students told police they believe they were drugged while at...

Defense contractor Capco lays off 37 workers

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado defense contractor has laid off 37 employees. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports a spokeswoman for Grand Junction contractor Capco Inc, which co...

First 4 veterans buried in Pikes Peak National Cemetery

COLORADO SPRINGS – The remains of four veterans were buried in Colorado Springs, marking the official opening of the Pikes Peak National Cemetery. The Gazette reports the cremated...