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Navajo presidential race draws crowded field of candidates

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The race to become president on the country’s largest American Indian reservation has drawn a crowded field of candidates. Nineteen people met Wednesday’s deadl...

Colorado State claims former professor’s suit has no merit

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University claims a former professor had a history of troubling behavior before she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school. The Fort Co...

Colorado inmate shot trying to escape from courtroom

STERLING – Authorities say a state corrections officer shot an inmate who was trying to escape from a courtroom in northeastern Colorado. Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Estrada was sh...

Town withdraws from tribute to Spanish conquistador

SANTA FE, N.M. – A northern New Mexico town will no longer organize an annual commemoration of the arrival of Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate, leaving the pageant and carnival to an indep...

1996 Everest blizzard survivor found dead in Telluride home

TELLURIDE – A survivor of the deadly 1996 Mount Everest expedition has died at her home in Telluride, Colorado. Charlotte Fox was found dead in her home May 24 at age 61. Friends ...

Colorado county renews ICE deal despite legal challenge

COLORADO SPRINGS – Officials in Colorado have renewed an agreement to hold inmates for federal immigration authorities despite a legal challenge. The El Paso County commissioners ...

Transgender migrant dies while in US custody

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine what caused the death of a transgender woman who was in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

Man killed in Colorado shootout acquitted in 1993 shootings

GRAND JUNCTION – A man killed in a shootout with Bureau of Land Management officers in western Colorado killed two people and wounded five others at a bar in Colorado Springs 25 years ago. ...

Colorado Springs taekwondo coach sentenced to 3 years in prison for sex abuse

COLORADO SPRINGS – An ex-Colorado Springs taekwondo instructor has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of molesting a teen and trying to grope another. ...

Rancher’s onions plundered following social media post

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico rancher says onions intended as supplemental feed for his cattle were plundered after a person discovered the piles and posted about it on social media. ...

Health officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Ebola response

GENEVA – The World Health Organization said Tuesday it is “cautiously optimistic” about efforts to curb the spread of Ebola in an urban area in Congo, although the lethal virus is still repo...

ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ following star’s racist tweet

NEW YORK – ABC has canceled its hit reboot of “Roseanne” after her racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey says the co...