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Publicly-funded New Mexico spaceport seeks confidentiality

SANTA FE, N.M. – Operators of a taxpayer-funded spacecraft launch facility in southern New Mexico are seeking greater confidentiality for tenants that include aspiring commercial spaceflight...

Lamborn trying to save small Colorado Air Force squadron

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn is trying to stop the closure of a small Air Force squadron that flies generals and classified cargo in two Lear jets. ...

AG plans to fight $1.9M claim for overturned conviction

DENVER – Colorado’s attorney general is fighting a claim for $1.9 million in compensation filed by a man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape conviction that was eventually overturned. ...

Navajo Nation plans second utility-scale solar farm

KAYENTA, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is expanding a solar energy farm in Kayenta. The second phase will produce the same amount of energy as the first – about 27 megawatts, or enoug...

Holdener sets herself up for Olympic gold with dominant runs in Switzerland

Shiffrin skipped the event

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 are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Pres...

Killing of Colorado deputy leads to 1 arrest, search for 2

DENVER – Authorities in Colorado have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy, but some schools in the area were shut down as police combed a residential area north o...

Air Force reschedules games postponed during shutdown

COLORADO SPRINGS – Air Force men’s and women’s basketball games that were postponed during the government shutdown have been rescheduled. The Mountain West Conference said the Air...

WWE head Vince McMahon resurrects XFL to compete with NFL

Eight unknown teams set to being play in 2020

German bishops reject pope suggestion to tweak Lord’s Prayer

BERLIN – Roman Catholic bishops in Germany say they’ve debated Pope Francis’ suggestion to tweak the translation of the Lord’s Prayer, but will leave it unchanged. France recently...

N.M. budget rebound may restore locally grown school food

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers are taking steps to revive funding for public schools to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables from local farms. Republican Rep. Jimmie Hall of Albuq...

Boulder moves to dismiss charges against anti-fracking activist

BOULDER – A city prosecutor has requested for a judge to dismiss the charges against an anti-fracking activist who was ticketed for projecting a skull and crossbones on the wall of a Colorad...