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Florida man killed in Colorado avalanche identified

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. – Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a rock fall and avalanche that also injured two other climbers at Rocky Mountain National ...

Coal pile slide buries, kills 2 at Pueblo power plant

Two men employed by Salt Lake City company

2nd body found after boat carrying 13 flips on Colorado lake

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A boat flipped over in high winds on a Colorado lake over Memorial Day weekend, sending 13 people into the water and leaving two dead.

Boat capsizes on Colorado lake; 1 dead, 1 missing, 11 hurt

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A boat capsized on a Colorado lake Sunday night, leaving one woman dead, 11 people hospitalized and one man missing.

Judge orders U.S. to decide whether wolverines need protection

Environmentalists challenge decision by Trump administration

New Mexico wildfire nears 50% containment as weather shifts

SANTA FE – Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest active wildfire while bracing for a return of weath...

Connelly leaves Nuggets for similar role with Timberwolves

DENVER — Tim Connelly is leaving his job as president of basketball operations of the Denver Nuggets for a similar role with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Connelly agreed to the deal Monday, t...

Wilson says emotions won’t get to him in return to Seattle

ENGLEWOOD – Russell Wilson says he won’t get caught up in the emotions of his return to Seattle when he leads the Denver Broncos onto Lumen Field to face the Seahawks in the season opener in...

Rain, snow slow New Mexico fire, but hot, dry weather looms

SANTA FE – The largest wildfire in North America slowed to a near standstill in northern New Mexico on Tuesday amid light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains as nearly 3,000 firefighters...

Cooler weather helps firefighters battling New Mexico blaze

MORA, N.M. – Firefighters in New Mexico who are battling the nation’s largest active wildfire said Monday that cooler weather helped them prevent the blaze from growing as nearly 3,000 firef...

Police investigate shootings that wound 7 in Colorado

DENVER – Police on Monday were investigating several shootings in the Denver area and Colorado Springs that left seven people wounded. In Colorado Springs, two juveniles were shot in a parki...

New Mexico delivers inflation relief payments to residents

SANTA FE – New Mexico is delivering the first in a series of direct payments to the state’s adult residents to offset higher consumer costs amid inflation. Individual taxpayers who get direc...