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Flames take 1-0 lead into Game 2 against the Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche (38-30-14, fifth in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Calgary Flames (50-25-7, first in the Pacific Division during the regular season) Calgar...

U.S. rips Russia to reach hockey final against host Finland

ESPOO, Finland – The United States soared into the gold-medal game at the women’s world hockey championship by routing Russia 8-0 Saturday behind two goals each by Hilary Knight and Kelly Pa...

I-70 speed limit reduced at Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado Department of Transportation has reduced the speed limit on Interstate 70 through Grand Junction to 70 mph. The Daily Sentinel reports that the mo...

Colorado lawmakers send $30.5 billion state budget to Polis

DENVER – Colorado’s Legislature has approved a $30.5 billion state budget for the next fiscal year. The Colorado Sun reports that the document includes $300 million for transporta...

Former Navajo Nation official sentenced in theft case

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – A former manager of the Navajo Nation’s Tuba City Chapter has been sentenced to jail time and probation in a theft case. Priscilla Littlefoot had pleaded no con...

Blue Jackets capture Lightning twice

Islanders slide past Penguins for 2-0 lead

Police: Passenger jumps out of jet at Phoenix airport

PHOENIX – Authorities say a man on a flight that had just landed in Phoenix sprayed other passengers with a liquid from a bottle and then opened one of the jet’s doors and jumped to the tarm...

U.S. lab addresses seismic concerns, resumes waste shipments

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Officials at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories say a special indoor facility for shipping radioactive waste is back in operation after five years. ...

N.M. election official rejects push to get gun control on ballot

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s top election official has again rejected an attempt to challenge a new gun control law by getting it on the ballot for voters to decide. Democratic Secreta...

Spurned bills included state dance, tinted windshields

SANTA FE – Bills that would make it simpler for the elderly to avoid jury duty and allow tinted auto windshields have been shunned by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The D...

Man who pretended to be blind sentenced for defrauding VA

DENVER – A Colorado man has been sentenced to a year in prison for defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $1.3 million by pretending to be blind. Mike Blea, o...

Hunting bans for poachers who killed bear at landfill

ASPEN – A father and son who pleaded guilty to poaching a bear at a landfill in western Colorado have been banned from hunting and fishing in most of the United States. The Asp...