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Avalanche sign Mark Alt to two-year deal

Defenseman played seven games for Colorado last season

Battaglin wins 5th stage as Dennis maintains Giro d’Italia lead

SANTA NINFA, Sicily – Enrico Battaglin surged ahead at the perfect moment to win the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednesday as Chris Froome and most of the other favorites finished in...

Aspen officials encouraging residents to reduce water use

ASPEN – As Aspen officials are considering passing water restrictions due to low snowpack levels, they have asked residents to do their part and reduce water use by 10 percent. Th...

Arizona Supreme Court to review ruling in ski resort dispute

PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court will review an appeals court’s ruling in the Hopi Tribe’s dispute with artificial snowmaking operations at a Flagstaff-area ski resort. In Febr...

Froome drops more time at Giro

CALTAGIRONE, Sicily – Chris Froome fell further behind the leaders as Belgian rider Tim Wellens won the hilly fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday. Froom finished 21 secon...

Owner of Pueblo Chieftain agrees to sell Terms not released about deal with GateHouse Media

PUEBLO – The owner of The Pueblo Chieftain has agreed to sell the southern Colorado newspaper. The Star-Journal Publishing Corp. announced Tuesday that the sale to GateHouse Med...

Fossilized footprints tell tale of Ice Age sloth hunt in New Mexico

WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT – Researchers studying a trail of fossilized footprints on a remote New Mexico salt flat have determined the tracks tell the story of a group of Ice Age hunters...

New Mexico panel to hear arguments on return of uranium mine

ALBUQUERQUE – A hearing is set to begin Monday on whether to allow an idle uranium mine in New Mexico to gain active status again. The New Mexico Mining Commission is holding the ...

Teachers in Colorado city of Pueblo go on strike over pay

PUEBLO – Teachers in Pueblo went on strike Monday, shutting down schools in a dispute over how much they should be paid for the school year that’s nearly over. The strike comes as...

NJ creamery concocts pork roll-flavored ice cream for summer

FREDON TOWNSHIP, N.J. – A New Jersey dairy farm says it hopes customers will like its new ice cream flavor incorporating another regional favorite food – pork roll. Windy Brow Far...

3 top figures at Denver Post, including former owner, quit

DENVER – Three top figures at The Denver Post, including its former owner, resigned Friday amid budget and staff cuts made by the newspaper’s New York-based hedge fund owners. Sev...

Taking look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associ...