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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...

Diocese of Las Cruces investigating ‘weeping’ Virgin Mary

HOBBS, N.M. – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces is investigating reports that a bronze statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe at a southeastern New Mexico church is weeping. The H...

Body of kayaker recovered from southwest Colorado reservoir

TELLURIDE – The body of a kayaker who went missing in a reservoir in Southwest Colorado has been found. The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office says the body of the 21-year-old Nor...

Several candidates file to run for Denver mayor

Current mayor has not officially said he will run

Oil company: Employees failed to report North Dakota spills

BISMARCK, N.D. – Former employees of a Denver-based oil company operating in the Bakken failed to report five spills in northwest North Dakota dating back to October, according to the compan...

Colorado Mesa University plans teaching hotel for campus

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado Mesa University officials are planning to construct a $15.7 million campus hotel that will serve as a training facility for the hospitality and culinary programs. ...