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Court orders Arizona tribe to recognize same-sex marriages

PHOENIX – A tribal court has cleared the way for gay couples to marry on an American Indian reservation in the Phoenix area after a two-year legal battle that could have repercussions for Na...

Collins: Clinton camp needs to fully explain dossier payment

WASHINGTON – A Senate Intelligence Committee member says Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and the former Democratic Party head need to explain what they knew about a dossier of allegation...

Denver red pandas named but not after Manning brothers

DENVER – Two red panda cubs at the Denver Zoo have been named. After a weeklong public vote, Denverites decided to name the twin male cubs Pabu and Sabal. Pabu means “puff ball” i...

State’s resort town visitations slowing, spending soaring

DENVER – Visits to Colorado resort towns may be slowing, but spending is not. Sales-tax collections in Colorado resort towns notched another record this summer, marking five conse...

Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen lead Avalanche past Blackhawks

DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each had two goals and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Saturday night. Jonathan Bernier had 39 ...

Top 25 College Football: No. 6 Ohio State roars back to end No. 2 Penn State’s undefeated season

COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.T. Barrett hit Marcus Baugh with a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:48 left in the fourth quarter and No. 6 Ohio State rallied from 11 points down in the final five minutes t...

Annabella Sciorra alleges she was raped by Harvey Weinstein

NEW YORK – Annabella Sciorra is alleging she was raped by Harvey Weinstein after he barged his way into her apartment in the 1990s. Daryl Hannah is also speaking out, saying the m...

Denver airport boosts plan to expand number of gates

DENVER – Denver International Airport officials have increased the number of gates they plan to add in an upcoming expansion, saying they’re needed to handle a growing number of airlines and...

Biblical monument in Santa Fe draws little attention

SANTA FE – In the wake of a long-running legal dispute in northwestern New Mexico over a Ten Commandments monument on public property, officials in Santa Fe are taking another look at a simi...

Navajo finalizes purchase of south-central Colorado ranch

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation says it has closed on the purchase of a large ranch in south-central Colorado. Tribal lawmakers approved the $23 million purchase earlier th...

Colorado coach: NCAA ‘missed the boat’ on redshirt ruling

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle is upset with an NCAA decision that will force freshman forward Evan Battey to take an academic redshirt this season. “We lost...

Rock climber dies in fall from Boulder’s First Flatiron

BOULDER – Authorities say a rock climber is dead after falling from the First Flatiron in Boulder. Carrie Haverfield, a spokeswoman for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, told T...