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Marcel Hirscher secures World Cup title despite loss

Kristoffersen wins by 0.22 seconds

Colorado slaying may be linked to robberies in Wyoming, Utah

DENVER – Attackers who killed a man in Colorado may have held up a store in Wyoming and a bank in Utah later the same day, authorities said. The rampage began early Friday in Denv...

Utah cities to help bring electricity to more Navajos

SALT LAKE CITY – Several Utah municipal governments are planning to send city workers this spring to help the Navajo Utility Tribal Authority bring electricity to members of the Navajo Natio...

Turtle disaster? 100-pound tortoise missing in New Mexico

ROSWELL, N.M. – A New Mexico woman is on a desperate hunt for her disappearing pet that can’t run fast and can’t be missed – a 100-pound tortoise. KOB-TV reports Dusty the Turtle ...

Program using storytelling events to save Navajo language

GALLUP, N.M. – A group of Navajo Nation elders is using traditional storytelling to try to pass down their native language to the next generation. The Dine Council of Elders for P...

Taking look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

Alexis Pinturault wins final combined race of the season

Muffat-Jeandet failed to score points

New Mexico may ban conviction question on job applications

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate has approved a bill that would remove criminal history questions from initial job applications in the private sector. The Senate voted 28-11...

Man sentenced to 13 years in crash that killed mom, toddler

DENVER – A Colorado man who caused a chain-reaction car crash that killed a woman and her 3-year-old son has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. According to the office of Jef...

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper hires Iowa organizer as he considers 2020 bid

DENVER – Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has hired an Iowa organizer as he considers a 2020 Democratic presidential bid. Hickenlooper’s Leadership PAC hired Ferguson Yacysh...

New Mexico sheriff in most populous county backs gun rights

ALBUQUERQUE – The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county is joining colleagues from more rural areas of the state in pushing back against sweeping gun-control proposals before the Legi...

Thousands of protests submitted against New Mexico oil sale

ALBUQUERQUE – Thousands of protests have been lodged with U.S. land managers in opposition of next month’s oil and natural gas lease sale despite a decision to remove from the offering sever...