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Travelers face snow in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska

DENVER – A winter storm is bringing snow to parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska just as many holiday travelers make their way home. Saturday’s storm is forecast to bring heavy...

Man pleads guilty to robbing three Albuquerque businesses

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico man is facing prison time after pleading guilty to robbing three Albuquerque businesses at gunpoint over the course of two months. Lalonzo Simmons, 44...

Bowl Roundup: Iowa whoops USC behind Smith-Marsette’s second quarter

Texas A&M tops Oklahoma State to win Texas Bowl

Colorado puppy tossed at car finds new home after adoption

PUEBLO – A puppy that was thrown at a vehicle in Colorado by a homeless man last week was adopted Friday after a raffle organized by animal shelter officials. Officials with the H...

Judge rules Denver’s urban camping ban unconstitutional

DENVER – A Denver urban camping ban enacted in 2012 constitutes cruel and unusual punishment against the homeless and is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Friday. Denver County Judg...

Shooting inside suburban Denver mall kills 1; suspect sought

AURORA – Gunfire broke out inside a mall in a Denver suburb on Friday, killing one person and causing shoppers to scatter in search of hiding places, police officials and a witness said. ...

Federal spending bill includes buffer around New Mexico park

FARMINGTON – The U.S. Senate has passed a package of bills signed by President Donald Trump that includes enacting a buffer zone around a national park in New Mexico to protect it from oil...

Dominik Paris wins downhill at Stelvio

Paris becomes first skier to win three consecutive races at Stelvio

New Mexico police plan for sobriety patrols in January

SANTA FE – New Mexico State Police are planning a series of sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols across the state in January as part of an effort to catch drunk drivers. Au...

Dead jail inmate had been charged with killing 9-year-old

GRAND JUNCTION – A man who was found unresponsive in a Colorado jail cell earlier this week faced charges that he killed a 9-year-old girl with chloroform while trying to sexually assault he...

Songwriter Allee Willis, who wrote ‘Friends’ theme, dies

LOS ANGELES – Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” as well as the theme song from the TV show “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,...

No. 24 Air Force faces Washington State in Cheez-It Bowl

Cheez-It Bowl: No. 24 Air Force (10-2, 7-1 Mountain West) vs. Washington State (6-6, 3-6 Pac-12), Friday at 8:15 p.m. ESPN. Line: Air Force by 2 1/2. Series Record: Fir...