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Rockies acquire reliever Seunghwan Oh from Blue Jays

DENVER – The Colorado Rockies added another reliever by acquiring right-hander Seunghwan Oh from Toronto for minor league prospects. Oh was 4-3 with a 2.68 earned-run average in 4...

Woman tapped to lead Park Service’s Denver office quits

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – The employee tapped to take over the National Park Service’s Intermountain regional office in Denver has quit. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the sup...

Petition gatherer for Colorado oil, gas measure quits effort

DENVER – A group behind a proposed Colorado initiative to severely limit new oil and gas drilling on non-federal land has parted ways with a petition-gathering firm in a payment dispute. ...

Re-enactment of conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe will end

SANTA FE – An annual re-enactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans after an uprising will end amid protests that it whitewashed a dark period ...

Nuggets sign guard Monte Morris to multiyear deal

DENVER – The Denver Nuggets have agreed to a multiyear deal with point guard Monte Morris. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Morris was the 51st pick of the Nuggets in 2017 and spent a bu...

Cat sitter dies after suburban Denver basement floods

DENVER – A woman died after rain from the latest round of strong Colorado storms flooded the suburban Denver basement apartment she was staying in to take care of a friend’s cat, police said...

Fire impacted one-third of flights at Aspen-area airport

ASPEN – An Aspen-area airport says 34 percent of its scheduled flights earlier this month were cancelled or diverted due to a wildfire near Basalt. The Aspen Daily News reports ...

China bans Tibetan students from religious activities

BEIJING – Children in traditionally Buddhist Tibet have been banned from taking part in religious activities over the summer holidays, an official Chinese Communist Party newspaper has repor...

Southern Colorado cleaning up after mudslides, flooding

MANITOU SPRINGS – People in southern Colorado are cleaning up after heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding and hail piled up like snow. Residents and businesses in Manitou Sp...

Heavy rainstorm hits Santa Fe, damages infrastructure

SANTA FE, N.M. – Raging waters from the Santa Fe River and arroyos have caused damage to Santa Fe homes, city facilities and infrastructure following a heavy rainstorm. More than ...

Hiker falls to death in central Colorado mountains

FRISCO – Authorities say a woman died after taking a substantial fall while hiking a ridgeline in the backcountry of central Colorado’s mountains. The Summit Daily reports the wom...

2 dead, 2 wounded in shootings at southern Colorado pot grows

COLORADO SPRINGS – Authorities in southern Colorado say two people were killed and two others, including a deputy, were wounded in shootings involving alleged illegal marijuana operations. ...