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Farmington diner settles religious discrimination lawsuit

FARMINGTON – A Farmington diner has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against a Muslim woman. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission anno...

Man gets 48 years for murder in hit advertised on Craigslist

BRIGHTON – A Colorado man who told police he shot a teenager in the head after she hired him to kill her via a Craigslist ad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday as part of a plea a...

Colorado troop leaders head to Afghanistan

FORT CARSON – The leaders of Fort Carson’s 4th Infantry Division now will lead the fighting in Afghanistan. The Gazette reports Maj. Gen. Randy George, the division’s commander, w...

Air Force prep student missing in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Searchers haven’t been able to find an Air Force Academy’s preparatory school student missing in Rocky Mountain National Park for over a week. Crews...

Utah says goodbye to $1 million for parks during 2013 shutdown

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah leaders are resigned to the fact that they are likely to never be repaid the nearly $1 million the state spent in 2013 to keep its popular national parks open during a ...

Petroleum company to map oil, gas under Colorado city

LOVELAND – A petroleum company plans to search for oil and gas deposits underneath a Colorado city. Crews from Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum plan to place seismic sensors in ar...

Boy trying to get rid of Colorado town’s ban on snowballs

SEVERANCE – A Colorado boy is trying to get rid of his town’s ban on snowballs and officials are wondering what took so long. Severance town administrator, Kyle Rietkerk told The ...

Scientists: Climate change threatens Rocky Mountain flower

DENVER – Warmer and drier conditions brought about by climate change could imperil a wildflower once common in the Colorado high country. Scientists spent 25 years tracking the no...

NFL Roundup: Rams clinch NFC West with win over Lions

Packers fire Mike McCarthy after loss to Cardinals

Navajo Nation certifies general election results

FARMINGTON – Officials on the Navajo Nation have certified results from the tribe’s general election. The final counts show Vice President Jonathan Nez won the tribal presidency w...

College basketball roundup: Gonzaga gets past Creighton on the road

No. 2 Kansas needs overtime to survive Stanford

Avalanche buries 5 at Wyoming resort but no serious injuries

JACKSON, Wyo. – An avalanche triggered by skiers at a Wyoming ski resort buried five people to varying degrees on Saturday, but the victims were quickly rescued, and no serious injuries were...