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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...

Nicole Schmidhoffer wins again at Lake Louise in downhill race

Mikaela Shiffrin takes fourth

Aircraft allegedly used to harass Colorado elk herd

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado wildlife officials say they are investigating reports that a small, single-engine aircraft harassed a herd of elk in the north-central portion of the state. ...

Boulder moving to cancel out past marijuana convictions

BOULDER – Prosecutors in a Colorado county are preparing to dismiss and seal thousands of marijuana possession convictions after state voters legalized the use and sale of the drug six years...

Taking a 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...

Nicole Schmidhofer gets first World Cup win at downhill race at Lake Louise

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes in ninth overall

Regulators threaten to shut down rail line to Denver airport

DENVER – Federal safety regulators who oversee the Regional Transportation District’s A Line to Denver International Airport say they may shut it down if the transportation district does not...

Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway plans 2021 reopening

COLORADO SPRINGS – A popular Colorado Springs tourist attraction that takes riders up to the summit of Pikes Peak will reopen again after its fate was in question. The Gazette rep...

New Mexico prosecutors get documents about two former priests

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico prosecutors have obtained documents from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe regarding the service records of two former priests. Agents with the state Attorney G...

Forest Service approves Aspen Skiing Co.’s Pandora expansion

ASPEN – The U.S. Forest Service has authorized Aspen Skiing Co.’s proposal to develop an additional 0.3 square miles of skiing on Aspen Mountain. The Aspen Times reports the au...

NPR fires critic David Edelstein after ‘Last Tango’ joke

NEW YORK – NPR’s “Fresh Air” has parted ways with contributor David Edelstein after the film critic made a joke about the rape scene in “Last Tango in Paris” on his Facebook page after Mond...