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Teachers strike at rural Colorado school district

FAIRPLAY – Teachers at a rural, central Colorado school district have gone on strike over a contract dispute, causing Park County School District RE-2 to cancel classes. Teacher...

Bicyclist completes solo ride of entire Pony Express Trail

RENO, Nev. – Jan Bennett endured food poisoning, hail and near misses with tornado weather on her solo bicycle ride across the entire 2,220-mile Pony Express Trail from St. Joseph, Missouri,...

New Mexico forecast to lead U.S. in pecan production in 2019

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico is expected to lead the U.S. in pecan production this year as growers prepare for the upcoming harvest. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s statistics ...

Big avocado earns Hawaii family Guinness World Records honor

WAILUKU, Hawaii – A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness...

NFL Roundup: Watson leads Texans past Mahomes, Chiefs

49ers remain undefeated with win over Rams

New Mexico man in baby shooting case to get new attorney

GALLUP, N.M. – A New Mexico man who reportedly admitted to accidentally shooting an infant girl and tried to arrange the killing of the baby’s mother and a key witness is getting a new attor...

Colorado’s 14ers keep getting busier, report shows

COLORADO SPRINGS – A report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative says the state’s 54 highest summits continue to see an increasing number of people seeking to climb the fourteeners. ...

Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei sets world marathon record in Chicago

Durango’s Laura Thweatt takes eighth

Top 25 College Football: No. 3 Georgia upset by South Carolina

No. 5 LSU tops No. 7 Florida

Colorado to consider placing fewer youth on sex registry

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers have advanced a proposal to place fewer convicted juveniles on the state sex offender registry and partially seal the list from the public, officials said. ...

Light rail train hits, kills pedestrian near downtown Denver

DENVER – An investigation is underway after a light rail train hit and killed a pedestrian south of downtown Denver. Police initially said the victim, whose name and age have no...

New Mexico’s largest district still has teacher shortage

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest school district continues to struggle with a shortage of teachers and substitute teachers KOB-TV reports Albuquerque Public Schools is looking t...