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Heavy rains fall on area burned by wildfire near Aspen

ASPEN – Heavy rains fell on an area burned by a wildfire last year, triggering road closures from flooding and debris flows near a Colorado mountain town. The Aspen Daily New...

Several New Mexico football teams struggle to find players

ALBUQUERQUE – Declining student-athlete participation rates are hitting New Mexico high schools that are struggling to find football players to field teams. The falling participat...

Environmentalists seek to protect dunes sagebrush lizard

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A small lizard native to southeast New Mexico is the latest animal to spark a debate between environmentalists, the federal government and oil and gas operators. ...

US women’s volleyball team secures Olympics bid

Team USA tops Argentina to lock Tokyo Olympics berth

Hinako Shibuno wins Women’s British Open

Japanese golfer holds on to win first major

Bear killed by electric shock while climbing utility pole

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Wildlife officials say a bear was killed by electric shock when it climbed a utility pole in northwestern Colorado to escape traffic and touched power lines. ...

Replica building’s demolition upsets Tombstone history buffs

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. – The demolition of a decades-old building built as a replica to one that existed over 100 years ago near the O.K. Corral gunfight has stirred up a dustup in the town known ...

Albuquerque reacts to Texas shooting by deploying police

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s most populous city is reacting to the mass shooting Saturday in El Paso, Texas, by stepping up security at shopping stores and some department stores such as Walma...

Officials help endangered minnow amid strong Rio Grande

SAN ANTONIO, N.M. – A federal agency is taking advantage of high water levels in the Rio Grande to help a tiny minnow listed as an endangered species. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation w...

Official: Video shows YouTube ‘King of Random’ fatal crash

ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Utah sheriff’s official says the creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random” shot video that showed his fatal paragliding crash and that it indicates the craft crash...

Rockies’ Dahl placed on injured list with ankle sprain

Outfielder could be out several weeks

Hinako Shibuno seizes two-shot lead at Women’s British Open

LPGA rookie makes six birdies to close at 14-under