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Montana enters fire season still recovering from last year

State has just $4 million in firefighting fund

Male black bear captured in Albuquerque community

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico wildlife officers have captured a male bear that had been wandering in an Albuquerque community. The bear was hiding in a cottonwood tree Wednesday when N...

Jury finds artist guilty of littering around Aspen museum

ASPEN – An Aspen jury has found an artist guilty of littering outside an art museum. The Aspen Times reports Lee Mulcahy was cited in October after a surveillance video showed he ...

Los Alamos nuke lab deploys drone-disabling system

LOS ALAMOS – One of the country’s premier nuclear weapons labs now has the capability to disable drones or any other unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems flying over its restricted airspac...

Refuge at former nuke weapons site to open in September

BOULDER – Court documents in a pending lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say trails at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in northern Colorado will be closed until at ...

Navajo Nation tightens fire restrictions across reservation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is tightening fire restrictions across the reservation because of ongoing drought. Tribal President Russell Begaye says people should be pra...

Health officials: Untreated water possibly used at park

DENVER – Health officials say untreated water from an irrigation pond may have flowed into the water supply at a Denver-area water park. KUSA-TV reports untreated water may have...

8 homes in Moab burn as wildfires menace the West

Fire along Wyoming-Colorado border doubles in size

Commissioners ban fireworks in areas outside Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials have banned the sale of aerial and ground fireworks in areas outside Albuquerque. Bernalillo County commissioners approved the fireworks restrictions Tue...

Colorado schools board omits gun benefits in standards

DENVER – Colorado’s Board of Education has rejected a proposal to have 4th grade students discuss potential benefits of guns. The board voted 4-3 Wednesday to reject standards req...

Judge throws out Colorado campaign finance complaint process

Associated Press DENVER – A federal judge has thrown out Colorado’s voter-approved system for enforcing campaign finance violations. The Denver Post reports U.S. Distri...

5th New Mexico park, part of 6th to close due to fire threat

SANTA FE – New Mexico is closing a fifth state park and part of a sixth because of extreme danger of wildfires. The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department announced W...