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Endurance athlete, ski coach dies in Colorado mountain fall

FRISCO – Endurance athlete and youth ski club coach Hannah Taylor died in a weekend mountaineering accident in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver. The Summit Nordic Ski Club say...

Woman found in flooded basement after strong Colorado storms

DENVER – A woman found in a flooded basement in suburban Denver after strong storms moved across parts of Colorado has died. Englewood police say the woman died at the hospital ...

Denver Broncos gear up for training camp opening

Last year’s record: 5-1 OPEN CAMP: July 27, Englewood. LAST YEAR: Head coach Vance Joseph’s first year was debacle in every phase. Denver’s anemic offense ...

Overburdened sewer prompts city to ban new development

WESTMINSTER – A Colorado sewer system is so overburdened that the city is banning new development for 12 months. The Denver Post reports the Westminster City Council on Monday una...

Crews fight 2 lightning-sparked wildfires in NW Colorado

MEEKER – Crews are fighting two wildfires started by lightning in Northwestern Colorado. The 750-acre Sulphur Fire started Sunday afternoon 5 miles north of Meeker. Bureau of Land...

British Open at a glance

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – A brief look at Thursday’s first round of the British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links: LEADING: Kevin Kisner had a 5-under 66. TRAILING: To...

Wreckage from missing plane found, pilot’s body identified

BOULDER – Officials say hikers in central Colorado spotted the wreckage of a plane that went missing after it left Erie for a destination in Utah. Park County Undersheriff Dave Wo...

Navajo Nation begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Leaders from the Navajo Nation say they’ve begun negotiations with a potential new owner of a coal-fired power plant on their land. The Navajo Generating Stat...

Complaint seeks $34K from former Navajo Nation legal counsel

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Investigators with the Navajo Nation are seeking more than $34,000 from the tribe’s former legal counsel after she crashed a tribal vehicle and was arrested on suspicion...

Activists ask judge to keep public off former weapons plant

DENVER – Environmentalists and community activists are trying to persuade a judge that the public might not be safe on a Colorado wildlife refuge that used to be a buffer zone around a nucle...

Wyoming officer charged after gun discharges at Colo. youth game

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – A Wyoming police officer whose gun accidentally discharged at a youth baseball tournament in Colorado last month has been charged with two misdemeanors. KCNC-T...

Colorado corrections investigating homicide of offender

BUENA VISTA – Corrections officials are investigating the murder of an inmate at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility in central Colorado. The Department of Corrections says that...