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Man sentenced for having banned animals for Colorado hunts

GRAND JUNCTION – A man has been sentenced for possessing prohibited, non-native sheep at his private hunting ranch in Colorado. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Sat...

Footage of fatal crash involving commuter train, car damaged

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities in Albuquerque may have hit a snag in their investigation into a fatal crash involving a commuter train and a car. The Albuquerque Journal reports camera...

Prosecutors reviewing report on death of Albuquerque inmate

ALBUQUERQUE – Prosecutors are reviewing a 155-page report detailing the criminal investigation into the death of an inmate at the Bernalillo County jail earlier this year. The Alb...

Man dies, wife injured in lightning strike on Colorado peak

DENVER – A Denver man has died after being struck by lightning while hiking on a Colorado peak. The Denver Post reports the 36-year-old man died while his 37-year-old wife su...

Rock climber dies after a 140-foot fall in Sandia Mountains

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say a rock climber has died after falling about 140 feet in the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque. Bernalillo County Fire Department officials say sev...

Agencies boost efforts to stop wildland firefighter suicides

BOISE, Idaho – Shane Del Grosso spent some 30 summers crossing smoke-shrouded mountains and forests to fight increasingly devastating wildfires in the U.S. West. Toward the end, h...

Film airing on PBS recalls Arizona city’s dark deportation history

BISBEE, Ariz. – The darkest, most violent chapter in the history of Bisbee was an open secret for decades in the funky old Arizona copper town 7 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. ...

Agreement calls for shield’s return to tribe in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A settlement agreement filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico calls for a Paris auction house to return a ceremonial shield to a Native American tribe that considers it sac...

Hundreds of guns turned in during Albuquerque buyback event

ALBUQUERQUE – Hundreds of guns have been turned in to Albuquerque police during a gun buyback intended to help reduce gun violence in New Mexico’s most populous city. The Police D...

Colorado health officials issue Front Range pollution alert

DENVER – Health officials are warning of potentially unhealthy air pollution along Colorado’s Front Range this weekend because of high levels of ozone. The Colorado Department of ...

Climber killed during descent from Colorado peak identified

ASPEN – Colorado authorities have released the identity of a man who fell to his death while descending from a mountain peak near Aspen. Pitkin County Coroner Steve Ayers said 61-...

Colorado man pleads guilty in theft of thousands of pills

DENVER – Federal prosecutors say a 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to burglarizing a Colorado pharmacy including opioid pills valued at more than $18,000. U.S. Attorney Jason D...