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Colorado legislative leaders size up accomplishments, stress

Hickenlooper wishes more funding could have been allocated to transportation

Report: Winter wheat forecast down amid drought, surplus

WICHITA, Kan. – U.S. farmers are expected to harvest their smallest winter wheat crop in more than a decade amid an ongoing drought that has devastated fields across the nation’s breadbasket...

2 dead after truck boom apparently hits Colorado power lines

COLORADO SPRINGS – Two workers are dead after the boom of their truck apparently touched high-capacity power lines, igniting an explosion, in southern Colorado. The workers were...

Farmington women accused of kidnapping were tracked by phone

FARMINGTON – Two women accused of kidnapping and molesting a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy were tracked via cellphone and other means to a home in New Mexico where the boy was found in a car that...

3 gang members head to prison for crimes on Navajo Nation

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Three northern Arizona residents are going to prison for their roles in a criminal street gang that authorities say is responsible for at least three murders on the Navajo...

Ex-nurse in Colorado and Nebraska pleads guilty to groping

FORT COLLINS – A former Colorado nurse accused of groping female patients in Colorado and Nebraska has pleaded guilty in four cases involving 12 women. The Coloradoan reports th...

Authorities solve 2 moose incidents after tips from public

FRISCO – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers say they have identified two people who appeared in a video and a photo either approaching or feeding moose in separate incidents in Frisco. ...

Man who admitted to starting wildfire to face charges

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado man who admitted to igniting a wildfire that burned land near Fruita and caused thousands of residents to be without power will face several misdemeanor charges. ...

Woman ousted from apartment after listing unit on Airbnb

ASPEN – A Colorado woman was kicked out of her affordable housing after officials discovered she was renting her apartment on Airbnb. The Aspen Times reports the Aspen-Pitkin Coun...

Colorado lawmakers conclude 2018 session with pension deal

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers narrowly passed an ambitious plan to rescue the state pension fund from the fiscal brink just minutes before the 2018 legislative session gaveled to a close at mi...

Aspen officials encouraging residents to reduce water use

ASPEN – As Aspen officials are considering passing water restrictions due to low snowpack levels, they have asked residents to do their part and reduce water use by 10 percent. Th...

Mexico, 2 U.S. states could see Colorado River cutback in 2020

DENVER – Mexico and the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada face a better-than-even possibility of getting less water from the Colorado River in 2020 because of a persistent drought, water man...