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New Mexico officials begin ‘chile blitz’ to spot fake chiles

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico officials have launched a “chile blitz” aimed at spotting fake New Mexico chile. New Mexico Department of Agriculture Standards and Consumer Services...

New Mexico state government is awash in money from oil boom

Income projected to surpass spending by $1.2B

Colorado State music professor dies when bicycle hits truck

LOVELAND – A Colorado State University music professor died of injuries suffered after his bicycle collided with the side of a tanker truck south of Loveland, in northern Colorado. ...

Proposed Wyoming wind farm could power Colorado cities

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A proposed wind energy project in southern Wyoming could provide power to more than 70,000 homes in several communities in northern Colorado. The Wyoming Tribune ...

Authorities: Remains at New Mexico compound are missing boy

Judge threatened after allowing release

Mortgage rates fall again

30-year at 4.53 percent this week

Colorado medical marijuana companies in patent dispute

DENVER – A Colorado cannabis company is suing another firm in the state for patent infringement of its cannabinoid medical product formula. United Cannabis Corp. of Golden filed...

Colorado Springs’ baby giraffe euthanized

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs zoo says it decided to euthanize its eight-week-old giraffe after veterinarians determined that her dislocated hip, infected leg and other health compli...

New Mexico city near Navajo Nation sees tourism jump

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico city surrounded by Navajo culture and Native arts and crafts is experiencing a tourism boom not seen since the 1970s. Officials in Gallup, New ...

Police: Colorado driver hit officer after getting ticket

BOULDER – A man spat on an officer in Colorado and struck him with his car after he was ticketed for leaving two dogs in a hot car while inside a restaurant, police said. Clint ...

Rocky Mountain Park rangers find body believed to be hiker

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — Rangers in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park have found a body believed to be that of a man missing for almost four weeks after he went for a day hike. ...

New Mexico to explore reuse of oil and gas wastewater

SANTA FE – New Mexico is teaming up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explore ways the wastewater that results from oil and gas operations can be reused or recycled. ...