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Woman falls to death at indoor climbing gym in Colorado

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Police say a woman fell about 40 feet (12 meters) to her death at an indoor climbing gym in northern Colorado.

New Mexico weighs rules for community solar program

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico utility regulators have nearly a year to create a new set of rules for governing community solar projects in the state, but utilities say they’re already being flood...

Colorado governor to let go of pandemic executive powers

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he will begin phasing out the executive authority he has been granted during the coronavirus pandemic after creating, amending and extending about 40...

Navajo Nation reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported five new COVID-19 cases and no deaths. Tribal health officials said the total number of virus-related deaths on the Navajo Nation r...

Man linked to 5 killings in 2 states faces more charges

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Jersey man accused of killing four people in two states was charged Tuesday with the death of an Albuquerque man whose decomposed remains were found along with those of t...

Colorado man dies after falling into river at Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A Colorado man has died after falling into the Colorado River while boating in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said Tuesday. Park officials said t...

Polis: No to GOP delegation request to end jobless benefit

DENVER – Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has rejected a request by Colorado's Republican congressional delegation to stop paying jobless residents $300 extra a week in federal pandemic relief. T...

Military veteran runs for New Mexico governor as Republican

SANTA FE – Investment adviser and West Point graduate Greg Zanetti of Albuquerque says he’ll seek the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico in next year’s election. In a news rele...

Denver police shoot man suspected of firing shots

DENVER – Police officers shot a man suspected of firing shots into a vehicle after he allegedly threatened them with a gun on Sunday, police said. The man in his 20s was taken to a hospital ...

Backcountry skier dies in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A backcountry skier died Sunday after losing control and sliding about 400 feet on a snowfield and into rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park, authorities said...

Albuquerque officer involved in 4 shootings over 6 years

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque police officer who fatally shot a man two months ago during a domestic dispute call had shot three other people in earlier incidents. Police Chief Harold Medina ...

Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial

DENVER – One of the suspects in a fatal attack at a suburban Denver high school in 2019 had become such a chronic drug user in the months before the shooting that he likely “couldn’t think,...