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Why Latinos and Spanish remain a political issue

Young Cuban-American activist criticized for not speaking language of homeland

In Parkland’s wake, Colorado Safe2Tell could be a model to break the ‘code of silence’

In the week after the school shooting in Parkland that left 17 dead, a Colorado hotline made for students to anonymously share safety concerns saw 50 percent more reports – most were on deta...

Teacher’s experiment aims to reach every student

DENVER (AP) – Sometimes it’s tough for one group of kids to get going in a fifth-grade class at Colorado Springs’ Trailblazer Elementary. “When I get off track, it’s sometimes bec...

Patchwork health care for reservation inmates raises concern

ALBUQUERQUE – At a tribal jail in Washington state, an inmate with a broken leg banged on his cell door, screaming for pain medication, only to be denied. Hundreds of miles away, ...

‘Fairy godmother’ helps dress Grand Junction area teens

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) — After years of helping hundreds of teenage girls find just the right thing to wear to prom, Cheryl Whitehurst has a knack for knowing when they’ve found “the one.” ...

Terminally ill Puebloans have few end-of-life options

PUEBLO (AP) – Despite Colorado voters passing the End-of-Life Options Act in 2016 to allow those with terminal diseases to secure medical aid-in-dying, there are still few or no options for ...

Suspect in Mancos school threat admits offense, pleads guilty

Danielle Romero-Keller faces probation, possible jail

Colorado SWAT leader 1st transgender to FBI National Academy

FRISCO, Colo. – A Colorado SWAT team coordinator is believed to be the first transgender woman accepted to attend the FBI National Academy in its 83-year history. Summit County Sh...

Researchers test transportation safety of radioactive fuel

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories officials say the preliminary data from the test shipment of mock spent nuclear fuel from Spain to Colorado shows promising signs. ...

Ozzy Osbourne joins New Mexico city’s chamber of commerce

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – The Prince of Darkness is joining the Chamber of Commerce of a southern New Mexico city. The Alamogordo Daily News reports heavy metal rock icon Ozzy Osbourne r...

Harassment probe involving Colorado senator closed

DENVER – Colorado’s Republican Senate president, Kevin Grantham, has closed a sexual misconduct investigation involving Sen. Jack Tate, a suburban Denver Republican. Colorado Poli...

Native American tribes get funding boost for crime victims

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Roughly $133 million is expected to be made available to tribes to support Native American and Alaska Native crime victims who advocates say had been largely left out of ...