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Virgin Galactic spaceship arrives at New Mexico home

LOS ANGELES – Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity, tucked under the wing of its special carrier aircraft, took a long-awaited ferry flight Thursday from Southern California to its new home...

Skier dies after falling into halfpipe at Aspen Snowmass

ASPEN – An 83-year-old man died after he apparently skied off the deck of the halfpipe at Aspen Snowmass in western Colorado. The Aspen Times reports ski patrol found the Montr...

Red-flag gun bill heads to New Mexico governor

SANTA FE – The Democrat-led New Mexico Legislature approved a red-flag gun law Thursday with a final vote of the state House, virtually ensuring adoption of new procedures for courts to orde...

Search area for missing 11-year-old Colorado boy expands

COLORADO SPRINGS – The search for an 11-year-old boy missing for more than two weeks has expanded into a neighboring county, authorities said Wednesday. The El Paso County Sheriff...

Colorado surgeon pays $2.5M restitution over kickback claims

DENVER – A Colorado neurosurgeon and two companies he owned have paid the United States $2.35 million to resolve civil allegations involving claims of illegal kickbacks, officials said. ...

New Mexico museum tries to find name for robotic tyrannosaur

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is trying to find a name for the robotic version of the Bisti Beast tyrannosaur. The museum in Albuquerque has col...

New Mexico sheriff vows to go to jail over proposed gun law

EUNICE, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico sheriff is vowing to go to jail and risk his seat rather than enforce a proposed “red flag” gun law. The Hobbs News-Sun reports Lea Cou...

DNA testing confirms first wolf pack in Colorado in 70 years

DENVER – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials confirmed the first documentation of a wolf pack in Colorado in more than 70 years. DNA testing of scat samples taken near an elk ca...

Search area for missing 11-year-old Colorado boy expands

COLORADO SPRINGS – The search for an 11-year-old boy missing for more than two weeks has expanded into a neighboring county, authorities said Wednesday. The El Paso County Sheriff...

Mancos students showcase museum exhibit

Collaborative project on display at Canyons of the Ancients museum

Navajo Nation files to intervene in Arizona utility rate case

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has filed to intervene in a rate case for one of Arizona’s largest utilities as it seeks ways to make up for the loss of coal revenue and develop renewab...

New Mexico county, black woman settles profiling lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest county has reached a racial profiling settlement with a black woman who was stopped by deputies three times in less than a month but never cited. ...