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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 ...

Passenger, vacant seat counts on Aspen flights both high

ASPEN – Figures show the number of passengers on commercial airline flights to and from Aspen is up this ski season. But the Aspen Times reports the percentage of occupied seats i...

U.S. agents told about Mexican immigrant after he left Denver jail

DENVER – The Denver Sheriff’s Department has said it is investigating why immigration authorities weren’t notified of the release of a jail inmate until about an hour after he had already le...

Exhibit featuring old biblical documents opening in Denver

DENVER – An exhibit featuring some of the oldest-known biblical documents is coming to Denver.f The Denver Post reports the “Dead Sea Scrolls” exhibit will be unveiled on Friday a...

More human remains found near Colorado trail

COLORADO SPRINGS – More human remains, clothes and a backpack have been found near a Colorado hiking trail where a human skull was found last week. The Teller County Sheriff’s Off...

Lisa Bonet says Bill Cosby gave off a ‘sinister’ energy

NEW YORK – Lisa Bonet has broken her silence about her former TV father Bill Cosby, saying she isn’t surprised he’s facing sexual misconduct allegations and claiming he gave off a “sinister”...

Forecasters warn of critical fire weather in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Forecasters are warning that strong winds, low humidity and above normal temperatures are expected to combine for an unstable scenario in New Mexico. The National ...

Taking a 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 Associated Press c...