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Bear spotted wandering around southwestern Colorado town

TELLURIDE – State and local authorities say a bear has been spotted wandering in Telluride. The Telluride Daily Planet reported Wednesday the bear was spotted in Mountain Village....

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Ass...

Official: Cibola County may be bankrupt by end of February

GRANTS, N.M. – Officials say a New Mexico county is in deep financial trouble and may be bankrupt in 60 days. The Gallup Independent reports Interim Cibola County Manager Valerie ...

Colorado House speaker dismisses complaint against Democrat

DENVER – Colorado’s Democratic state House speaker has dismissed a sexual harassment complaint against Democratic Rep. Paul Rosenthal of Denver. The Denver Post reported Thursday ...

Denver DA charges 10 ‘budtenders’ for selling too much pot

Most sales to out-of-state buyers

State bus service plans expansion into southwest Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – The state bus service has announced plans to add routes connecting southwest Colorado to the Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 corridors. The Daily Sentinel repor...

Colorado ski areas pay record $20M in White River forest

ASPEN – Ski areas in Colorado’s White River National Forest paid more than $20 million in fees to the U.S. Forest Service last fiscal year, but none of that money is directly reinvested in m...

Colorado boasts country’s 8th-fastest growing population

DENVER – New U.S. Census figures show Colorado had the country’s eighth-fastest growing population this year. The Denver Post reported Wednesday that Colorado added more than 77,0...

New leader of Colorado State Patrol sworn in at Capitol

DENVER – The Colorado State Patrol has a new leader. Matthew Packard was promoted to colonel and chief and then sworn in by Gov. John Hickenlooper at the state Capitol Tuesday m...

Sandoval County commission rejects energy drilling ordinance

BERNALILLO, N.M. – Sandoval County commissioners have rejected a proposed ordinance to regulate oil and gas development across thousands of square miles of unincorporated lands in northweste...

Gov. Hickenlooper to announce pick for Colorado Supreme Court

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper will announce his latest pick to fill an opening on the Colorado Supreme Court justice on Thursday. Last month, a judicial nominating commission ga...

Director of Colorado pension fund dies snorkeling in Hawaii

Gregory Smith led PERA the last five years