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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...

Hickenlooper’s longtime budget director to resign

DENVER – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has announced that his budget director will resign at the end of June. Henry Sobanet has led the Office of State Planning and Budgeting si...

Colorado man guilty of killing 78-year-old, burning body

DENVER – A 27-year-old Colorado man has been found guilty of killing a 78-year-old man who refused to give him money and then burning the man’s body in an attempt to cover up the killing. ...

Authorities ID body found on island in Colorado River

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Authorities have identified a man who was found dead on an island in the Colorado River near the town of Parachute. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent report...

‘Weeping’ Virgin Mary statue under investigation Catholic officials

Parishioners claim statue has had tears streaming down its face

Colorado man gets 12 years in prison for $328K in tax fraud

DENVER – A Colorado man who masterminded a scheme that fraudulently sought nearly $2.2 million in federal tax refunds has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Jaquon Mucsarney of...