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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...

New Mexico senator fights drunken driving charges at trial

SANTA FE – The trial of a prominent Democratic state senator on drunken and reckless driving charges on Monday delved into police body camera video of a watery-eyed politician in apparently ...

EPA lowers Denver area’s air quality rating to ‘serious’

DENVER – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has downgraded the air quality rating of Colorado’s biggest population center. The EPA finalized the move Monday, lowering the oz...

Health officials warn of measles exposure at Denver airport

DENVER – People who traveled through Denver International Airport last Wednesday afternoon may have been exposed to measles, Colorado health officials said Monday. Three children ...

Documents sought in case of Saudi student facing gun charge

ALBUQUERQUE – A Saudi Arabian student arrested on a federal firearms charge the day before he was scheduled to graduate from the University of New Mexico remained in custody Monday while his...

Symposium centers on creation of law school at Diné College

TSAILE, Ariz. – The first college established decades ago by a Native American tribe in the United States is now working to create a law school. Formal efforts picked up speed wit...

Florida truck driver arrested in 1980 Colorado killing

DENVER – A Florida truck driver has been arrested and charged in the killing of a college student working as an intern for a Denver radio station nearly 40 years ago, a break in the cold cas...

Person rescued from avalanche at Colorado ski resort

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Rescuers successfully dug out a person buried in an avalanche at Steamboat Resort in northern Colorado. A resort official tells the Steamboat Pilot & Today tha...

Volunteers help people released from immigration detention in Colorado

DENVER – Gurwinder Singh Aujla was unsure of what to do after winning his asylum case and being released from the privately owned Federal ICE Processing Center in Aurora. The 19-year-old fro...

Mexican gray wolf turns up dead in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Wildlife managers are investigating the death of an endangered Mexican gray wolf found last month in New Mexico. Officials with the wolf recovery team are waiting fo...

New Mexico awarded $3.5M to help fight opioid crisis

ALBUQUERQUE – Efforts to combat drugs and crime in New Mexico will get a boost from the federal government. The U.S. Justice Department announced late last week that more than $3....