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Colorado man who shot friend sentenced to jail, probation

GRAND JUNCTION – A Grand Junction man who told police he thought a handgun was unloaded when he pointed it at his best friend and shot and killed him last year has been sentenced to 90 days ...

Lindsey Vonn claims fourth consecutive downhill, but Goggia takes event’s title

ARE, Sweden – Sofia Goggia and Lindsey Vonn each had something to celebrate when their season-long rivalry in downhill concluded Wednesday. Goggia followed up her Olympic downhill...

Feds: Opioid epidemic’s full impact on Native American tribes may be unknown

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Federal officials say the scope of the opioid epidemic’s impact on Native American communities is immense and straining tribal resources. But the toll it has t...

From somber to angry, school walkout protests vary in tenor

Students hoisted “Stand United” signs. They chanted “‘’Hey, hey, ho, ho – the NRA has got to go” outside the White House. Others put 14 desks and 3 podiums in a circle to honor the students ...

Hundreds of Aztec students gather for ‘walk-up’ in response to school violence

Hundreds of students at Aztec High School still reeling from a deadly shooting in December gathered Wednesday to remember the 21 students who have died in school shootings across the U.S. in...

From somber to angry, school walkout protests vary in tenor

Students hoisted “Stand United” signs. They chanted “‘’Hey, hey, ho, ho - the NRA has got to go” outside the White House. Others put 14 desks and 3 podiums in a circle to honor the students ...

Report: Emails warn Colorado capitol workers to avoid press

DENVER – The nonpartisan administrator of Colorado’s state Senate has warned staff, aides and interns that policy forbids them from speaking to journalists about workplace issues – including...

Interior will send $18M from Roan drilling to Colorado

DENVER – The U.S. Interior Department will send $18 million from oil and gas development from Colorado’s Roan Plateau back to the state. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made the ann...

Less of New Mexico’s famed chile crop produced in 2017

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico farmers produced fewer of the state’s famed hot peppers in 2017, and data released by federal and state agriculture officials show the value of the chile crop ...

Broncos DE Gotsis faces rape charge in Atlanta

Gotsis turned himself in and was released on bond

Sunlight helps ID Hearst Castle painting as 17th century

SAN SIMEON, Calif. – A painting that has been hanging at California’s landmark Hearst Castle for decades has been identified as a 17th century work after two guides noticed a previously unde...

MLK’s daughter, Bernice, has private audience with pope

VATICAN CITY – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s surviving daughter had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. The Rev. Bernice King presented the pontiff ...