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Search area for missing 11-year-old Colorado boy expands

COLORADO SPRINGS – The search for an 11-year-old boy missing for more than two weeks has expanded into a neighboring county, authorities said Wednesday. The El Paso County Sheriff...

Navajo Nation files to intervene in Arizona utility rate case

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has filed to intervene in a rate case for one of Arizona’s largest utilities as it seeks ways to make up for the loss of coal revenue and develop renewab...

New Mexico county, black woman settles profiling lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest county has reached a racial profiling settlement with a black woman who was stopped by deputies three times in less than a month but never cited. ...

Colorado man gets long prison term for crimes in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in death and other offenses stemming from a series of crimes in New Mexico has been sentenced to more than 37 years ...

Woman who fell through ice on suburban Denver pond dies

DENVER – A woman who fell through the ice with her dog on a frozen pond in suburban Denver has died. KMGH-TV reports 53-year-old Leslie Webster fell into the pond near Colorado Ac...

MLB goes ahead with 3-batter minimum, roster changes

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball went ahead with its planned rules changes for this season, including the requirement a pitcher must face at least three batters or end the half-inning, unles...

Tony Wolters, Rockies argue cases in salary arbitration

PHOENIX — Catcher Tony Wolters argued for a $2,475,000 salary in arbitration on Monday, and the Colorado Rockies said he should be paid $1.9 million. The 27-year-old made $960,000...

Man who pushed snowboarder off chairlift released from hospital

ASPEN – Doctors at a state psychiatric hospital in Colorado released a man who pushed a snowboarder off a chairlift. Thomas Proesel, 35, was released from the state’s psychiatric ...

Colorado Springs nursing home shut down after death

COLORADO SPRINGS – State regulators on Tuesday suspended the licenses of a nursing home after the death of a resident earlier this month, a move which will force residents to be transferred ...

German filmmaker Vilsmaier, known for ‘Stalingrad,’ dies

BERLIN – Joseph Vilsmaier, a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died. He was 81. His ag...

Pair pleads guilty to transporting roosters for cockfighting

BRECKENRIDGE – Two men pleaded guilty to animal cruelty resulting from their arrest for illegally transporting roosters through Colorado. Cody Smith of Kentucky and Austin Clanton...

71-year-old killed in western Colorado house fire identified

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities have released the name of a 71-year-old who was killed in a house fire in western Colorado. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports firefighters ...