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Lafayette considers new rule on oil and gas applications

BOULDER – City documents say Lafayette is considering implementing a yearlong moratorium that would halt any new and pending oil and gas development applications within city limits. ...

3 killed, 4 injured after car hits bear on Colorado highway

DENVER – Three people were killed and four seriously injured when a car careened off a major highway after it struck a bear. The Colorado State Patrol says seven people were in ...

Immigration agents arrest 63 in Denver in national sweep

DENVER – Federal immigration officials say they arrested 63 people in the Denver area this week as part of a national sweep in cities it says block immigration agents from doing their jobs. ...

Federal agencies raid pot grow operation in Aspen area

ASPEN – Federal agencies say they’ve raided an illegal marijuana growing operation in the White River National Forest in northwestern Colorado. The Aspen Times reports law enforce...

Longmont brewery, airlines to send water to Puerto Rico

DENVER – A Longmont brewery is teaming up with Frontier Airlines to send water to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Frontier spokesman Richard Oliver says in a Thur...

New Mexico legislators are concerned about spaceport’s costs

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – New Mexico lawmakers are questioning if more state funding is necessary for the commercial spaceport in the southern part of the state. The Albuquerq...

Colorado lawmakers are back to fix a pot tax error

Here’s a quick guide to the special session, which begins Monday

Man who gave cannabis to boy behind medical pot law charged

DENVER – A man who made cannabis oil for a Colorado boy who was instrumental in passing a state law requiring schools to allow students to use medical marijuana is facing several felony drug...

New Mexico district attorneys push for changes to bail rules

ALBUQUERQUE – Top prosecutors from judicial districts across New Mexico said Thursday the rules adopted by the state Supreme Court for overhauling the bail and pretrial detention system have...

New Mexico Supreme Court strikes down judge’s gag order

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court overturned a judge’s order barring a newspaper reporter and other people from disclosing information the judge deemed confidential at the trial of a b...

Key figure in Utah political scandal appeals conviction

DENVER – A onetime helicopter-flying millionaire who helped launch a pay-to-play scandal involving two former Utah attorneys general will ask a federal appeals court Thursday to reverse his ...

Denver prosecutor asks grand jury to review 2010 jail death

DENVER – A Colorado district attorney on Thursday asked a grand jury to investigate the 2010 death of a street preacher in a city jail after deputies shocked the man with a Taser and restrai...