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Colorado Springs teen killed young siblings to be alone, police say

COLORADO SPRINGS – A 19-year-old accused of stabbing his two young siblings to death and wounding his father in Colorado told investigators he carried out the attack so he could be alone in ...

Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lower court that ordered a New Mexico city to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn outside City Hall. Civil ...

Proposed New Mexico science standards omit global warming

SANTA FE – A proposed overhaul of New Mexico’s state science standards for public schools came under intense criticism Monday at a packed public hearing in the state capital for omitting or ...

Roughly $300,000 pours into congressional race between Scott Tipton and Diane Mitsch Bush

Chris Kennedy, a Grand Junction city councilman, has also filed to run for the seat in the 3rd Congressional District

Colorado proposes new rules for oil-gas lines after blast

DENVER – Colorado energy regulators on Monday proposed tighter rules for shutting down oil and gas pipelines after a fatal explosion blamed on natural gas leaking from a line that was though...

Colorado sending 20 fire engines to California wildfires

DENVER – Colorado is sending 20 fire engines to California to help fight the wildfires that have been devastating the state. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emerg...

U.S., states struggle to pay spiraling cost of fighting fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The long and brutal 2017 wildfire season is stressing the state and federal agencies that have to pay for the army of ground crews and machinery required to fight them. ...

Colorado judge says juvenile sentencing law unconstitutional

DENVER – A Colorado judge has ruled that a law allowing convicts serving life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles to seek reduced sentences is unconstitutional. Arapa...

Colorado officials urge hunters to leave drones at home

DENVER – Colorado wildlife officials say they’re seeing more hunters illegally using drones when they’re in the field as ownership of the small, remotely operated flying vehicles increases. ...

As grouse rules ease, some see boost for oil, gas exploration

CRAIG – Officials in northwest Colorado say they hope changes to federal plans for dealing with an imperiled bird species will allow more energy development in their part of the state. ...

Breaking mad: ‘Breaking Bad’ house gets fence to block fans

ALBUQUERQUE – The real Albuquerque house made famous by the methamphetamine-making character Walter White in the AMC-TV hit series “Breaking Bad” is getting a fence. The owners ar...

Forest officials advise visitors to watch for mountain lion

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Gila National Forest officials say visitors to the Mogollon Box day-user area northwest of Silver City should be on the lookout for a mountain lion. Forest off...