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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...

Thief steals car of Honor Guard member during funeral

DENVER – A member of a Colorado military Honor Guard says someone stole his personal vehicle during a funeral service at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. Capt. John Morel...

Fire in New Mexico grows to 32,000 acres

Burning operation protecting community so far

Victims identified in triple homicide in northern New Mexico

EL PRADO, N.M. – Authorities have released the names of the victims of a triple homicide in northern New Mexico. The New Mexico State Police said Sunday that 36-year-old Abraham M...

Small child rescued from Colorado Springs lake

COLORADO SPRINGS – A pair of siblings is being credited with saving a small child from drowning in a lake at Colorado Springs. Police say the incident occurred Saturday afternoon ...

Mortgage rates fall

WASHINGTON – Long-term mortgage rates fell this week, breaking a steady climb that pushed them to their highest levels in seven years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the averag...