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Coroner: Man in fatal I-70 crash west of Denver was drunk

MORRISON – A coroner has found that the man who killed himself and another driver in a car crash on Interstate 70 west of Denver last month was legally drunk. The Denver Post repo...

Forest Service proposes limiting Hanging Lake visitors

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The U.S. Forest Service says Hanging Lake has continued to see a large increase in visitation over the last decade. Up to 1,200 visitors venture to the lake a day during...

Colorado won’t charge elector who wouldn’t vote for Clinton

Colorado’s top prosecutor won’t prosecute an elector who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton even though state law required him to. Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Monday anno...

Eclipse crowds may have doubled Wyoming’s population

Traffic in Equality State up 68 percent

Morgan Freeman to receive SAG Life Achievement Award in 2018

LOS ANGELES – Morgan Freeman will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award at next year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony. The actors union announced Tuesday that Freeman will a...

3 Afghan prison workers missing during training in Colorado

CANON CITY – Colorado officials say three Afghan prison workers in the United States for training are missing after failing to return from an organized trip. The guards are part o...

Yves Lampaert leads Spanish Vuelta as riders face winds, passing train

GRUISSAN, France – Yves Lampaert took the overall lead of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday after winning the second stage which saw strong winds, crashes and even a brief wait for a passing trai...

BMC Racing wins team time trial to open Spanish Vuelta

NIMES, France – Team BMC Racing won the time trial that opened the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday, with Australian rider Rohan Dennis taking the early overall lead. BMC won the 13.7-k...

Ryan Armour, Webb Simpson share 2nd-round lead in Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Ryan Armour shot a career-best 9-under 61 on Friday for a share of the lead with Webb Simpson after two rounds at the Wyndham Championship. Armour and Simpson w...

Skier Marcel Hirscher out 15 weeks with broken ankle

VIENNA – Marcel Hirscher will need up to 15 weeks to recover from a broken left ankle, ruling the six-time overall World Cup champion out of ski racing likely until December. The ...

Colorado debuts driverless truck to protect road crews

DENVER – Colorado is using a driverless truck to follow behind and protect highway work crews, a move that’s believed to be a global first. The truck debuted Friday is officially ...

Law firm serving Navajo Nation closing 3 offices

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A law firm that for years has provided free legal services to low-income people in the Southwest and won groundbreaking cases for Native Americans is closing three of it...