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New Colorado test scores show students slowly improving

Gap remains between state’s poor students and others

New Mexico deputy’s SWAT selection advances women’s police roles

AZTEC – One New Mexico county has its first female SWAT operator, a reflection of the increasing role of women in police departments across the nation. The Daily Times reported ea...

Colorado debuts driverless truck to protect road crews

DENVER – Colorado is using a driverless truck to follow behind and protect highway work crews, a move that’s believed to be a global first. The truck debuted Friday is officially ...

Law firm serving Navajo Nation closing 3 offices

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A law firm that for years has provided free legal services to low-income people in the Southwest and won groundbreaking cases for Native Americans is closing three of it...

Colorado stops oversize vehicles, construction for eclipse

DENVER – Colorado is barring oversize vehicles from its highways and stopping road construction projects to help keep traffic flowing leading up to and after Monday’s solar eclipse. ...

Bankers: Drought still burdening rural economy in 10 states

OMAHA, Neb. – A new monthly report shows drought conditions continue to burden the rural economy in parts of 10 Plains and Western states. The overall Rural Mainstreet Index for t...

61-year-old Farmington man dies from West Nile virus

FARMINGTON – Farmington officials say a city resident has died of the West Nile virus, making him the first human fatality of the mosquito-borne disease in the state this year. Of...

11 hospitalized after van hits fuel truck at Denver airport

DENVER – Police say 11 people were taken to the hospital after a van crashed into a fuel truck at Denver International Airport late Tuesday. KMGH-TV reports the crash happened at ...

Convicted rapist released from jail 1 year early

BOULDER – A convicted rapist was released from the Boulder County Jail after serving about half of the two-year work-release sentence some viewed as too lenient. The Daily Camera ...

Mother, daughter, 2 dogs found dead with gunshot wounds

PUEBLO WEST – Authorities are investigating after a mother and daughter were found dead with gunshot wounds in their southern Colorado home. The bodies of 42-year-old Jennifer Ham...

Immigration reform group won’t hold conference in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS – A group that backs “patriotic immigration reform” won’t hold a planned conference at a Colorado resort next year following protests in the wake of the deadly rally in Char...

U.S.: ‘Zero’ chance of Colorado River water shortage in 2018

LAS VEGAS – Heavy winter snows in the Rocky Mountains have rescued the thirsty Western U.S. for another year. U.S. water managers said Tuesday there will be no water cutbacks in 2...