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New Belgium Brewing workers back sale to Kirin subsidiary

FORT COLLINS – Employees approved the sale of one of the largest U.S. craft breweries to a subsidiary of Japanese beverage company Kirin in a vote that ended Tuesday, clearing the way for th...

New Mexico officials ask for Endangered Species Act probe

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – County officials in New Mexico have asked for an investigation into alleged waste and mismanagement of public lands by federal wildlife agencies. Officials from...

Off-duty officer shot intervening in robbery near Denver

DENVER – An off-duty police officer is recovering after he was shot multiple times in both arms while intervening in a robbery at a suburban Denver gas station Wednesday. The susp...

Navajo Nation to create its own managed health care entity

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is seeking become one of the first Native American tribes to create its own managed health care entity, the tribe recently announced. The tr...

Attorney to review case of intoxicated Colorado officer

AURORA – A former U.S. attorney will conduct an independent review of the case of a suburban Denver officer who was found intoxicated and unconscious in his police car. Former U.S...

Albuquerque probing ‘emergency’ involving hyena, zookeeper

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque Biological Park officials are investigating an “emergency incident” involving a zookeeper and a hyena. KOB-TV reports the zoo confirmed Monday it is look...

Wife of former ski company executive pleads guilty to theft

ASPEN – The wife of a former Colorado ski company executive has pleaded guilty to theft for working with her husband to steal equipment from his company and sell the goods online. ...

Saudi student in alleged ‘kill list’ plot ordered held

ALBUQUERQUE – A Saudi Arabian student who prosecutors said illegally obtained a gun in the U.S. and told someone he wanted to kill a professor and others was ordered Tuesday held until his t...

Interior Department, states appeal sage grouse ruling

BOISE, Idaho – The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan to ease land-use restrictions in seven Western states that prot...

New Mexico state senator found guilty of drunken driving

SANTA FE – New Mexico state Sen. Richard Martinez has been found guilty of aggravated drunken driving and reckless driving in connection with a June car crash, a state district court judge r...

Former Colorado officer sentenced for theft from charities

AURORA – A former Colorado police officer who stole thousands of dollars from local charities was sentenced to 18 months of work release. Roland Albert, 39, was sentenced Monday t...

Federal land agency to bring 40 jobs to Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION – The Bureau of Land Management has confirmed plans to bring about 40 employees to staff its new national headquarters in Colorado, increasing from the 27 jobs initially annou...