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Colorado judge rejects Make My Day law in home shooting

CAÑON CITY – A Colorado judge has rejected an argument that a man was justified in shooting a home visitor under the state’s Make My Day law. The Pueblo Chieftain reported Frid...

Boulder County Jail inmate tests positive for hepatitis A

BOULDER – An inmate in Boulder County Jail has tested positive for hepatitis A, two days after news of a death from a recent outbreak of the disease in Colorado. The Boulder Count...

Colorado man convicted of drunk driving skips sentencing

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A Colorado man convicted of killing two of his friends in a drunken driving crash has skipped his sentencing hearing. The Post Independent reported Friday th...

Colorado man killed in plane crash in southeast Wyoming

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a small plane crash in southeast Wyoming. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports 62-year-old Zane Schm...

New Mexico National Guard soldiers deploy to Poland

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Members of a New Mexico Army National Guard medical unit are deploying to Poland. Officials said a yellow ribbon ceremony was planned Saturday in Rio Rancho f...

Arizona voters who don’t sign some ballots will get 2nd shot

PHOENIX – Arizona voters who forget to sign the envelope on their early ballots will have a chance after Election Day to fix their mistake. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has agre...

Fugitive N.M. priest sentenced to 30 years in sex abuse case

SANTA FE – A former Roman Catholic priest who fled the country decades ago was sentenced Friday in New Mexico to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing an altar...

Colorado woman enters plea after brother buried with goats

GUNNISON – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to tampering with a corpse after her brother’s remains were buried with goat heads while the family disputes over a $3 million ranch. ...

Former Idaho governor candidate investigated in 1984 killing of Colorado girl

BOISE, Idaho – A former candidate for Idaho governor said he’s under investigation in connection with the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl. Steve Pankey, who ran as a C...

Company says clarity needed on Colorado assisted-suicide law

DENVER– A Christian-affiliated health system in a court fight over Colorado’s assisted suicide law says the state can’t stop religious organization from disciplining employees who encourage ...

In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?

Sniff and search is no longer the default for police in some of the 33 states that have legalized marijuana. Traditionally, an officer could use the merest whiff of weed to justif...

Autopsy: Colorado police fatally shot armed man in the back

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – An autopsy report says an armed man who was fatally shot by police in western Colorado was hit twice in the back. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported...