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Trooper involved in fatal shooting outside Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado State Trooper was involved in a fatal shooting outside Grand Junction, authorities said. Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, a shooting involving a trooper ...

Small tribes seal borders, push testing to keep out virus

PICURIS PUEBLO, N.M. – On a dusty plaza in a Native American village that dates back nearly a millennium, a steady trickle of vehicles inched through a pop-up coronavirus testing site. ...

Man sentenced to 50 years for ‘helping’ woman end her life

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man who told police he shot a young woman after she asked him to help end her life was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison, the 4th Judicial District...

Colorado shooting victim now focused on helping others

DENVER (AP) – Josh Jones sometimes reaches down to feel the scars on his legs, the skin still slightly numb to his touch. It’s the physical reminder of when Jones, then a high sch...

Forest official cites rising risk of human-caused wildfires

TAOS, N.M. – The top administrator of a national forest in northern New Mexico says there’s an elevated risk of human-caused wildfires because of drying conditions and negligence by some for...

Coronavirus cases in New Mexico surpass 4,670; 181 dead

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Friday recorded another 181 coronavirus cases, pushing the statewide total to more than 4,670. The state Health Department announced the latest numbers,...

College on Navajo Nation has record number of bachelor’s degrees

TSAILE, Ariz. – A college on the Navajo Nation has a record number of students receiving bachelor’s degrees. Diné College holds one graduation ceremony each year in the spring. It...

Colorado teen dies after winds overturn canoe on lake

FORT COLLINS – A teenager has died after the canoe he was in with his younger brother flipped in windy conditions on Rock Bridge Lake in Windsor, authorities said. Windsor Severan...

New Mexico town near vast reservation shuts everyone out

GALLUP, N.M. – Like clockwork, payday arrives and tens of thousands of people from the Navajo reservation and other rural stretches along the New Mexico-Arizona border flood into Gallup, a f...

Colorado park to consider vehicle reservations amid pandemic

ASPEN – Park officials in Colorado have announced that bus service to a scenic area in White River National Forest will likely not be operational this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

No charges in two different Colorado officer shootings

DENVER – Law enforcement officers will not face criminal charges in two separate fatal shootings in northern Colorado, authorities said Thursday. In Adams County, District Attorne...

Colorado pays out record $315M in unemployment in April

DENVER – Colorado made $315 million in regular unemployment payments to laid-off workers during the first full month of the economic shutdown because of the coronavirus outbreak, dwarfing th...