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Arizona court rules for city on same-sex wedding invitations

PHOENIX – An Arizona court on Thursday upheld Phoenix’s anti-discrimination ordinance, denying a wedding invitation business owners’ challenge that the local law violates their freedom of re...

Pathologist claims coroner’s office wrongfully fired her

LONGMONT – A forensic pathologist has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against a Colorado coroner’s office, claiming she was forced out of the job after refusing to change a case’s manne...

Closure order lifted in wake of New Mexico wildfire

UTE PARK, N.M. – Forest officials have lifted a closure order put in place as the result of a wildfire that has charred more than 57 square miles in northeastern New Mexico. The...

Colorado girl, 4, dies after weight falls on top of her

GREELEY – Police in northern Colorado say a 4-year-old girl died after a barbell weight fell on top of her. The Greeley Tribune reports Aaliya Marie Montoya was playing with a sib...

Minister pleads guilty to sex with 14-year-old girl

Plea deal allows him to stay out of prison

Project to widen Interstate 25 gets federal funding boost

Toll lanes to be added between Denver and Colorado Springs

Man who killed Colorado deputy gets 70 years in prison

Austin Holzer was 17 when he shot deputy Derek Geer

Firefighters clear containment lines around New Mexico fire

UTE PARK, N.M. – Firefighters anticipating a return to dangerous weather conditions are clearing containment lines around a northern New Mexico wildfire that has burned 57.2 square miles of ...

Man pleads guilty to dumping bottles into Colorado river

ASPEN – A western Colorado man has pleaded guilty to dumping chemical-filled bottles into the Roaring Fork River. The Aspen Daily News reports 43-year-old Ricardo Maestrino Parras...

2 men dead in separate rafting accidents in Colorado

DENVER – Another person has died in a rafting accident in Colorado. On Monday, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office says 46-year-old Christian Sheetz of Summit County died after th...

Navajo Nation gets federal funds for river recovery

SHIPROCK – The Navajo Nation has been awarded a $1.1 million contract as part of a multi-agency effort to help recover endangered fish in the San Juan River Basin. The U.S. Interi...

Trial set for former deputy accuse of mishandling evidence

CAñON CITY – A trial is set later this month for a former Colorado sheriff’s deputy charged with official misconduct after evidence in a 2006 homicide investigation was found in a storage un...