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Colorado land agency asked to delay federal oil, gas leases

DENVER – State officials and conservationists want action delayed on new federal oil and gas leases proposed in Colorado. The Denver Post reports the Colorado Bureau of Land Ma...

N.M. challenges Trump administration’s quick-release asylum practices

SANTA FE – New Mexico and its largest city are suing the Trump administration to stem the quick release of asylum seeking migrants into local communities while demanding reimbursement for hu...

New Mexico airports to get nearly $14M in federal funds

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s airports will get millions of dollars in federal aid for maintenance and other projects. The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday that the Federal Aviati...

Most New Mexicans are Real ID-compliant as deadline looms

SANTA FE – New Mexico now has 1 million residents with driver’s licenses or identification cards that comply with tougher federal ID requirements that will take effect in 2020. Of...

New Mexico seeks public input on Volkswagen settlement funds

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico officials are giving the public a chance to weigh in on how to spend settlement money connected to the Volkswagen smog device emissions scandal. The Alb...

Man fatally shot in Albuquerque brewery identified

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities have released the name of a man who died in a weekend shooting in an Albuquerque brewery. Albuquerque police say 37-year-old Cody Guy Wrathall allegedl...

Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths

COLORADO SPRINGS The number of drug overdose deaths in Colorado decreased slightly last year but remains high. The Gazette reports that figures from the state Department of Pub...

Rancher works to establish water buffalo in Colorado

Roaring Fork Valley provides challenges, possibilities

Colorado a step closer to adopting health reinsurance plan

DENVER – Colorado is a step closer to creating a program designed to lower health insurance premiums on the Affordable Care Act individual market. If approved by federal officials...

Kroger recalls frozen berries that might have hepatitis A

NEW YORK – Grocery stores owned by Kroger across the country are recalling store-label frozen berries because they might be contaminated with hepatitis A. There have been no repor...

Man found dead after western Colorado building fire

GRAND JUNCTION – A man’s body has been found after a fire at a spa business in western Colorado. According to the Grand Junction Police Department, the fire was reported about 9:3...

Job Corps center in western Colorado to undergo changes

DENVER – A U.S. Forest Service job training center for rural youths in western Colorado will be taken over by a private contractor, and its employees have been told they can either retire or...