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University to end funding for Colorado student news outlet

DENVER – The University of Colorado Boulder’s media college announced Monday that it will stop funding its student-run news outlet. The Denver Post reports the university plans...

35% of Colorado high school students earning college credit

DENVER – Colorado education officials say students are earning college credit while still studying for their high school diplomas. The Colorado Sun reports that about 35% of publi...

Time-trial world champion Rohan Dennis joins Team Ineos

BRUSSELS – Time-trial world champion Rohan Dennis signed a two-year contract with British cycling team Team Ineos on Monday. The 29-year-old Dennis, who acrimoniously parted ways ...

Backcountry skier killed in northern Colorado avalanche

FORT COLLINS – A 29-year-old woman has died in an avalanche while skiing in northern Colorado, where communities along the Rocky Mountains have seen record or near-record snowfall since Sept...

U.S. government plans to make good on 143-year-old land debt to Colorado

DENVER – The U.S. government wants to make good on a 143-year-old debt it has owed since Colorado became a state by transferring more than 23,000 acres of land and mineral rights to the Colo...

New Mexico granting fewer cyanide bomb OKs for coyotes

SANTA FE – Records show New Mexico agricultural officials have approved fewer licenses for the use of cyanide bombs – a device deployed by ranchers to kill coyotes. The Santa F...

NFL Roundup: Chiefs clinch AFC West, Ravens lock up playoff berth

49ers stun New Orleans at Superdome

Ex-Bumble Bee CEO convicted in tuna price-fixing conspiracy

SAN FRANCISCO – The former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods was convicted Tuesday for his part in a canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy involving the industry’s top three companies, federal prosecuto...

Viktoria Rebensburg wins World Cup super-G in Lake Louise

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won her fourth career World Cup super-G race as her time withstood a late charge by Italy’s Nicol Delago. Rebensburg finished...

Colorado National Monument raising its entry fee to $25

GRAND JUNCTION – Entry fees at Colorado National Monument are scheduled to increase by $5 effective Jan. 1. Entrance fees at the monument will increase to $25 for private vehicles...

Colorado man pleads guilty to holding strangers at gunpoint

ASPEN – A Colorado man accused of holding three strangers at gunpoint on Independence Pass near Aspen has pleaded guilty to menacing and attempted kidnapping. The Aspen Times r...

Dozens of teams to convene for New Mexico STEM Challenge

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – It’s crunch time for dozens of student teams that will be testing their ability to use science, technology, engineering and math to solve real-world problems. H...