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Santa Fe’s ‘Alzheimer’s Cafe’ helping people with dementia

SANTA FE – Monthly gatherings in Santa Fe focusing on creative stimulus for those living with Alzheimer’s or dementia are helping to boost a trend that’s growing nationwide. The c...

Man pursuing record for hiking notorious Colorado trail

MANITOU SPRINGS – A Colorado man seeks to break a record for hiking a notoriously steep and difficult trail as many times as he can in a year. The current record is 1,719 ascents ...

New Mexico unemployment rate holds at 5%

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 5%. Among states, only Alaska has higher unemployment. The New Mexico Department of ...

Colorado bison herd growing much faster than expected

FORT COLLINS – A bison herd in northern Colorado is growing much faster than expected. The herd at a natural area north of Fort Collins began three years ago as 10 genetically pur...

Germany tops Nigeria, reaches Women’s World Cup quarters

Germans have yet to concede goal

Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix

SUPERIOR, Ariz. – Hot, dry winds are fanning a wildfire in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials haven’t ordered more residents to leave an area where than the 700 homes are ...

3 men who escaped Colorado immigrant detention center caught

DENVER – Authorities have captured three men who escaped from an immigrant detention center in Colorado. KMGH-TV in Denver reported Friday the men were found in three locations bu...

Denver man gets 10 years in prison for $19M Ponzi scheme

DENVER – A Denver man who bilked investors out of $19 million in a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The Denver Post reported Friday that 72-year-o...

Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

SALT LAKE CITY – An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-gr...

USA Cycling hires new SafeSport Director

COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Cycling has appointed Kelsey Erickson as its new SafeSport director. Erickson will oversee the organization’s anti-doping and anti-misconduct efforts. She s...

Dino bones at Colorado construction site are of triceratops

DENVER – Paleontologists say fossilized bones unearthed at a suburban Denver construction site are those of a large adult triceratops. Maura O’Neal, a spokeswoman for the Denver M...

Netherlands score two second-half goals to beat Canada

Dutch get winner in 75th minute to win group