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Court revives lawsuit over Colorado’s limits on taxes

DENVER – A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s strict limits on taxes and spending. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court ...

4 hepatitis A cases found in Denver; vaccinations stepped up

DENVER – Denver public health officials say four homeless people have been diagnosed with hepatitis A this year, so the city is stepping up free vaccinations. KDVR-TV reported Mon...

Mesa County deaths by suicide reach highest level in 5 years

GRAND JUNCTION – The Mesa County coroner say 55 residents died by suicide last year, the most in five years. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Monday that was nine mor...

Colorado tells energy-rich county state rules come first

DENVER – Colorado regulators have warned the state’s biggest oil- and gas-producing county that local officials can’t establish regulations more lenient than the state’s, even though the Leg...

2 dead in separate waterway accidents outside Denver

DENVER – Authorities say two people died in separate incidents after being swept away in waterways outside Denver. Jefferson County sheriff’s officials tell KUSA-TV a man in his m...

Vice President Mike Pence campaigns in Colorado

DENVER – Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Colorado to campaign for his and President Donald Trump’s re-election, as well as for Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. After P...

New Mexico firefighter dies from firework explosion injuries

ROSWELL, N.M. – A New Mexico firefighter who was seriously injured last month in a fireworks explosion has died. Roswell Fire Chief Devin Graham announced that Roswell firefighter...

Caution urged after Colorado mountain lion sightings

LOVELAND – Colorado wildlife officials tell people near the Rocky Mountain foothills to keep an eye on their children and pets after a series of mountain lion sightings. Donna Ken...

FBI seeks information after man found dead in burning car in N.M.

CHURCH ROCK, N.M. – The FBI has identified a man from Zuni as the person whose body was found in a burning car in New Mexico. Authorities say they found 51-year-old Nastacio Kei...

New Mexico utility seeks feedback on closure of coal plant

ALBUQUERQUE – In what’s expected to be a long, contentious process, a few dozen people gathered recently in Albuquerque for the first public meeting hosted by Public Service Co. of New Mexic...

Colorado ATV crash kills 1, injures 4

COLORADO SPRINGS – An all-terrain vehicle crash in Colorado has killed one person and injured four others. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gary Cutler says the crash near the base...

Man accused of fatal Colorado park shooting arrested

PUEBLO – A Colorado man accused of shooting a man whose body was found near a children’s softball field faces a first-degree murder charge. Twenty-four-year-old Emillio Hall was b...