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Body of man recovered from Colorado lake after night search

PUEBLO – Colorado emergency personnel have recovered the body of a man from a lake after an overnight search. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the body of 73-year-old David Bothel ...

New Mexico requires co-prescription of opioid reversal drug

SANTA FE – New Mexico is requiring that many opioid prescriptions for pain relief come with a second prescription that can reverse possible overdoses. A law that went into effec...

Pup fostering gives genetic boost to wild Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – It’s a carefully planned mission that involves coordination across state lines – from Mexican gray wolf dens hidden deep in the woods of New Mexico and Arizona to breeding faci...

Bear loving man gets probation for bear-killing retaliation

ASPEN – A Colorado man who enjoyed the presence of a bear on his property and tried to burn his neighbor’s ranch down after a hunter legally killed the bear has been sentenced to two years o...

Colorado city adopts 6-month delay for scooter, e-bike firms

ASPEN – A Colorado city has enacted a waiting period for companies that provide scooter and e-bike services. The Aspen Times reports that Aspen City Council approved a six-mo...

Parents of New Mexico teen charged for not locking up gun

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Authorities say the parents of a teenager accused of firing a gun at a New Mexico high school failed to lock up their firearm despite knowing their son had made threats to...

Some contract workers at DIA strike over work conditions

DENVER – A small group of baggage handlers and wheelchair assistants at Denver International Airport have walked off the job to protest what they call unsafe working conditions. A...

Report: Childhood poverty persists in fast-growing Southwest

SANTA FE – The number of children living in poverty has swelled over the past three decades in fast-growing, ethnically diverse states such as Texas, Arizona and Nevada as the nation’s popul...

Colorado man gets life for killing 3 at illegal pot grow

BOULDER – A 26-year-old Colorado man will serve life in prison after being convicted of felony first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three people at an illegal marijuana grow opera...

Man gets 32 years in prison for shooting father to death

BRIGHTON – A 28-year-old man who shot his father to death at an apartment north of Denver has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. Waylon Robitaille pleaded guilty in April to se...

Money from oil, gas revenues gushing into state coffers

SANTA FE, N.M. – State Senate Finance Committee Chairman John Arthur Smith says if the price of oil doesn’t drastically change, the state could receive more than $1 billion in additional tax...

Watchdog to investigate Interior moves on Utah monument

SALT LAKE CITY – A government watchdog will investigate whether the U.S. Interior Department broke the law by making plans to open lands cut from a Utah national monument by President Donald...