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Colorado sets record low with 2.5% unemployment in December

DENVER – Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 2.5% in December, the lowest level in at least 44 years. An unemployment rate of 2.6% in October and November t...

Western New Mexico county developing DWI drug court

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico county is developing a new court aimed at helping people convicted of drunken driving and drug offenses, officials announced. McKinley County M...

Two found dead in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park

ESTES PARK – Two people were found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park in north-central Colorado, park officials said. Park Rangers had been notified about a suicidal person Frid...

Fertility doc responds after being sued for using own sperm

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado fertility doctor who is being sued for allegedly using his own sperm to impregnate several women said the women don’t have a legal complaint because they requeste...

Colorado’s December unemployment rate a historic low of 2.5%

DENVER – Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to a historic low of 2.5% in December, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said. ...

Navajo Nation purchases land that includes gravel pit

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has purchased 1,250 acres of land that includes a gravel pit the tribe plans to use to obtain sand and gravel for roadwork and other projects. ...

Curtoni leads Italian sweep at downhill, Mikaela Shiffrin 4th

BANSKO, Bulgaria – Elena Curtoni led an Italian sweep of the podium at a women’s World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first career victory, while Mikaela Shiffrin placed fourth. ...

Mayer delights Austrian crowd with Kitzbuehel downhill victory

KITZBUEHEL, Austria – For the second time in two days at the 80th Hahnenkamm races, Matthias Mayer spread his arms and bent over backward in celebration. While his leading time in...

Mountain-man shooting event grows in northern Utah

LOGAN, Utah – A northern Utah event straight out of the Old West is attracting more people with its mountain-man appeal, organizers said. About 50 people gathered in Blacksmith Fo...

Parts of Phoenix airport briefly evacuated; flights delayed

PHOENIX – Hundreds of travelers were temporarily evacuated from parts of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Friday after American Airlines called police to deal with a disruptive female passenger...

Man makes plea deal in connection with kidnapping, slaying

ALBUQUERQUE – A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty to kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap in a case that involved the death of a man and the kidnapping of his friend, the Chase Smothermon’s gui...

Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico expands land holdings

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. – A national preserve in northern New Mexico that is sometimes referred to as the “Yellowstone of the Southwest” has added another piece of property to its land holdings ...