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Fugitive leaps twice from buildings but police still nab him

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Springs police say a man who was trying to elude officers jumped from a second-story window, ran to the roof of another building and leaped again before he was ar...

Key shaft at nuclear waste dump in N.M. may be built by 2020

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A major part of a multimillion-dollar effort to rebuild a ventilation system at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository is expected to be done by nex...

Colorado lawmaker unblocks constituent on social media

DENVER – A state lawmaker from Colorado has agreed to no longer block constituents from social media accounts linked to his state Senate office. The ACLU filed the lawsuit against...

Plutonium test results slow plans for Denver-area toll road

BROOMFIELD – Broomfield city officials are suspending their search for investors to help build a toll road after a soil test found elevated levels of plutonium in the highway’s planned path....

Colorado man gets 9 years for assaulting police officer

VAIL – A Colorado man who was shot by an officer responding to a domestic dispute has been sentenced to nine years in prison for assaulting the officer. The Vail Daily reports ...

Retired New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels dies at 76

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say former New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels has died. Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura issued a statement Sunday on behalf of the state Supreme C...

Police have person of interest in death of Taos businessman

TAOS, N.M. – New Mexico State Police believe they have a person of interest in the death of a Taos businessman. They say the person hasn’t been located yet for questioning and a n...

Durango’s Sepp Kuss climbs to 16th in Pyrenees at Spanish Vuelta

Jumbo-Visma star finishes third, gets to second overall

Bennet to stay in race despite not qualifying for debate

ASPEN – Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet says he plans to keep campaigning for president despite not qualifying for an upcoming Democratic debate. Bennet isn’t among the 10 candi...

Asian American Korea War hero gives what may be ‘final’ talk

GALLUP, N.M. – Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War, may have given his last public lecture. ...

NCAA Top 25: Tagovailoa helps No. 2 Alabama rout Duke Auburn beats Oregon in wild rally

ATLANTA - Tua Tagovailoa threw for 336 yards and four touchdowns as No. 2 Alabama overcame a sluggish start to blow out Duke 42-3 Saturday in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. Returni...

Climber injured in Rocky Mountain National Park fall

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A climber was seriously injured in a fall in Rocky Mountain National Park. The unidentified 63-year-old man from Boulder was rescued Friday after ...