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New hunting options create buzz at New Mexico refuge

SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.M. – The phones are ringing at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico now that the U.S. government has expanded hunting at the refuge ...

Marijuana use suspected in fatal I-70 crash in Colorado

IDAHO SPRINGS – The Colorado State Patrol says a woman killed in a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 70 is suspected of being under the influence of marijuana at the time. K...

Navajo activists protest company eyeing coal-fired plant

New York-based company says a decision has not been reached

New Mexico AG critical of rolling back methane rules

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is criticizing the Trump administration’s move to roll back rules intended to reduce methane leaks from oil and gas operations. ...

Lawsuit over Thompson Divide drilling dismissed after deal

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A lawsuit challenging the cancellation of oil and gas leases in the Thompson Divide area in western Colorado is over. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Blackburn di...

Cannabis sector funds Democratic bid for governor

SANTA FE – Democratic New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham is collecting campaign cash from cannabis companies in the countdown to the November general election. ...

Colorado judge drops murder charge in intruder’s shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado judge has dismissed a second-degree murder charge in the case of a Colorado Springs man charged with shooting an intruder he found in the basement of his apartm...

Mortgage rates tick up

30-year moves up to 4.54 percent

Human skull, remains found by hikers in Boulder County

BOULDER – Colorado authorities are investigating a skull and other human remains discovered by hikers. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office says hikers reported finding the skull o...

Regulators: $2B power line project lacks location details

SANTA FE – Developers behind a proposed $2 billion high-voltage power line that would funnel wind and solar energy from rural spots in New Mexico and Arizona to larger markets will have to m...

State settles lawsuit over sex bias with prison workers

SANTA FE – Current and former employees of a state prison have reached a $2.5 million settlement with the state to resolve allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination. The...

Colorado store throws Nike sale in protest of Kaepernick ad

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs store is trying to permanently get rid of its Nike inventory in light of the company’s recent ad featuring Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterbac...