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Associated Press
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Long-term mortgage rates jump

30-year close to matching highest rate of the year

Los Alamos nuke lab deploys drone-disabling system

LOS ALAMOS – One of the country’s premier nuclear weapons labs now has the capability to disable drones or any other unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems flying over its restricted airspac...

Refuge at former nuke weapons site to open in September

BOULDER – Court documents in a pending lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say trails at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in northern Colorado will be closed until at ...

Navajo Nation tightens fire restrictions across reservation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is tightening fire restrictions across the reservation because of ongoing drought. Tribal President Russell Begaye says people should be pra...

Health officials: Untreated water possibly used at park

DENVER – Health officials say untreated water from an irrigation pond may have flowed into the water supply at a Denver-area water park. KUSA-TV reports untreated water may have...

Commissioners ban fireworks in areas outside Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials have banned the sale of aerial and ground fireworks in areas outside Albuquerque. Bernalillo County commissioners approved the fireworks restrictions Tue...

Colorado schools board omits gun benefits in standards

DENVER – Colorado’s Board of Education has rejected a proposal to have 4th grade students discuss potential benefits of guns. The board voted 4-3 Wednesday to reject standards req...

5th New Mexico park, part of 6th to close due to fire threat

SANTA FE – New Mexico is closing a fifth state park and part of a sixth because of extreme danger of wildfires. The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department announced W...

Areas experience worst overnight hail storm in over 20 years

COLORADO SPRINGS – Officials say neighborhoods near Colorado Springs saw the worst overnight hailstorm in more than 20 years. The Gazette reports the National Weather Service in P...

FBI agent charged in club shooting allowed to travel

DENVER – An off-duty FBI agent who investigators say accidentally fired a weapon that fell while he was dancing at a Denver club and wounded another patron in the leg is allowed to travel wh...

Farmington water shortage prompts city to restrict usage

FARMINGTON – Farmington is implementing tougher steps to conserve water because voluntary usage reductions haven’t done enough to cope with the northwestern New Mexico city’s water shortage....

Man crawled under public bus before being dragged to death

DENVER – Investigators say a man who died when he was dragged about five blocks by a bus in suburban Denver deliberately crawled under the vehicle when it was stopped. Littleton P...