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APNewsBreak: Mom suspects racism after sons pulled from tour

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The mother of two Native American teenagers who campus police pulled from a college tour in Colorado after a parent reported feeling nervous about them said she believes ...

Colorado lawmakers punt property tax dilemma to summer

DENVER – After a late legislative push fell apart, Colorado lawmakers won’t take action this session on one of the state’s most pressing financial dilemmas — a constitutional trigger that’s ...

Body thought to be that of missing boater recovered

PUEBLO – Searchers have recovered a body believed to be that of a man who went missing while boating at Lake Pueblo State Park in southern Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports a...

Transgender inmate says she was raped despite raising fears

DENVER – A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keeping ...

Colorado state senator accused of misconduct is sanctioned

DENVER – Colorado Senate Democrats protested what they call light punishment for a Republican senator repeatedly accused of sexual and workplace harassment, saying Thursday they’d keep deman...

Slain Colorado soldier close to returning from Afghanistan

LOVELAND – A Colorado solider killed in combat in Afghanistan was nearing the end of a nine-month deployment. The Defense Department said Tuesday that 22-year-old Spc. Gabriel D...

Storage plan for spent fuel adds to U.S. nuclear debate

ALBUQUERQUE – A plan to temporarily store tons of spent fuel from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in New Mexico is drawing fire from critics who say the federal government needs to consider...

Boulder moves closer to banning assault weapons

BOULDER – A Colorado city is moving closer to banning the sale and possession of assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines. City councilors in Boulder unanimously v...

Arizona utility tries to end multi-state Colorado River feud

DENVER – Arizona’s largest water provider tried Tuesday to defuse a multi-state dispute over the Colorado River, saying it regretted the belligerent-sounding words it used to describe its ma...

Judge: Colorado congressman should be on GOP primary ballot

DENVER – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn should be on the Republican primary ballot, finding he would likely prevail in a lawsuit contending his dismissal from ...

Hopi Tribe, others sue over power purchases for coal plant

PHOENIX – The Hopi Tribe and coal mining groups on Tuesday sued the operator of an Arizona aqueduct system to try and keep a coal-fired power plant running beyond 2019. The lawsui...

Colorado House Democrats propose transportation bill rewrite

DENVER – With just days left in the legislative session, Colorado House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a sweeping rewrite of a transportation funding bill that would boost funding for mass tr...