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New Mexico eases pandemic restrictions as virus relents

Dining indoors will be allowed

Officials: Enrollment exceeds expectations at Diné College

TSAILE, Ariz. – Officials at Diné College are excited about enrollment numbers this fall as more students than expected have registered for classes despite challenges stemming from the coro...

Pilot killed in small plane crash near Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS – An investigation is underway after a small plane crashed and caught fire near Colorado Springs, killing the pilot. Federal Aviation Administration officials s...

Avalanche storm back, grind to Game 3 win against Stars

Colorado gets within 2-1 in series with third-period surge

Lightning crank up power play, rout Bruins 7-1 in Game 3

TORONTO — Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachez and Alex Killorn scored power-play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 rout of the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their secon...

Small plane crashes, catches fire near Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS – An investigation is underway after a small plane crashed and caught fire near Colorado Springs. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the single-engin...

Colorado woman awarded damages under new ‘revenge porn’ law

DENVER – A Denver judge awarded $40,000 to a woman after a man she dated sent a sexually-explicit video of her to her estranged husband. The woman’s attorney says it is the first ...

Woman guilty of embezzling from N.M. pistachio store

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A woman who admitted embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from an Alamogordo business faces up to 18 years in prison when she is sentenced later this year, prosecutors ...

Police review officer appearing to put knee on man’s neck

DENVER – Police are looking into a video that appears to show a police officer putting a knee on the neck of a man arrested during a homeless sweep in Denver on Tuesday as well as officers’ ...

Man who stabbed girlfriend, hid body in trunk gets 34 years

BRIGHTON – A man who was arrested in Wyoming after police say he confessed to killing his girlfriend in their suburban Denver apartment was sentenced Wednesday to 34 years in prison. ...

Owner of The Gazette launches online Denver newspaper

DENVER – Clarity Media Group, publisher of The Denver Gazette will begin publication on Sept. 14, Denver-based Clarity Media announced Wednesday. Clarity Media is owned by Colorado billion...

Police: Protester in U.S. illegally shot toward police chopper

DENVER – A man accused of firing his gun during a Denver protest in May made anti-police statements before shooting into the sky in the direction of police and television helicopters, accord...