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Singer Tom Jones postpones US tour due to medical issues

LONDON – Singer Tom Jones has postponed his planned U.S. tour because of health issues. He said on Twitter on Saturday that his fall tour will be delayed “following medical advice...

New Mexico village to hold Bigfoot festival

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. – A New Mexico village is holding a festival in connection with a legend that Bigfoot is roaming around the state’s Jemez Mountains. The Los Alamos Monitor rep...

Thousands of Colorado immigrants await Trump DACA decision

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper, state lawmakers and dozens of young immigrants and activists urged President Donald Trump on Friday to keep federal protections for immigrant children whose ...

UFO enthusiasts heading to Wyoming for upcoming rendezvous

DEVILS TOWER, Wyo. – Just like in the science-fiction movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” UFO enthusiasts are being drawn to a strange geological formation in Wyoming. Dev...

Teen in fatal New Mexico library shooting remains detained

CLOVIS, N.M. – A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered the teenager accused of fatally shooting two workers inside a public library and wounding four other people to remain in custody after p...

AP Top 25: Ohio State breaks free of Indiana; Oklahoma State rolls Tulsa

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – J.K. Dobbins broke Ohio State’s freshman record by rushing for 181 yards in his college debut, J.T. Barrett threw three touchdown passes and the second-ranked Buckeyes pu...

Body of climber from Durango recovered in Wyoming

Michael Sullivan fell 400 feet

Hepatitis A cases increasing in Colorado; 54 so far in 2017

DENVER – Health officials say the number of Hepatitis A cases in Colorado this year is more than double the total for a typical year. The Colorado Department of Public Health an...

Paramilitary Christian sect quietly operated in New Mexico

GRANTS, N.M. – A grand jury indicted last week four members of a New Mexico paramilitary religious sect in connection with a child abuse and child sexual abuse investigation. Thos...

MLB umpire from Aztec leaves Rockies-Tigers game with injury

DENVER – Home plate umpire Mike Everitt, who is from Aztec, left the game between the Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies in the first inning after being hit by a warmup pitch. ...

Business leaders want Mexican wolves in Grand Canyon area

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and eastern Utah...

Houston gets a small break from rain as Trump heads to Texas

HOUSTON – Four days after Harvey made landfall as the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years, it was still pounding Southeast Texas with rain. Here are some things happening on the g...