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Flights, baseball canceled ahead of looming spring blizzard

DENVER – Flights and baseball are being canceled ahead of a looming spring blizzard in the Rockies. About 40 percent of Denver International Airport’s daily flights were scratched...

Warnings issued for dangerously strong winds in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Warnings for winds that forecasters say are expected to be strong enough to be dangerous for travel blanket most of New Mexico on Wednesday. The National Weather Ser...

Colorado man sentenced for stealing ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Sno-Cat

EAGLE – A Colorado man has been sentenced to three years in a community corrections program for stealing a Sno-Cat fitted out to look like the “General Lee,” the famous car featured in the c...

Firm picked to manage proposed Route 66 visitor center

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials in New Mexico’s most populous county have chosen the company that will run a proposed visitor center along historic Route 66. The Bernalillo County Commiss...

Pine Ridge reservation braces for more flooding

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, one of the poorest areas in the nation, is bracing for another major winter storm and the prospect of renewed flooding tha...

Police: Woman intended to drive car with children off cliff

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado woman has been charged with attempting to drive off a cliff at a national monument with four children and two dogs. The Daily Sentinel reports 42-ye...

Colorado braces for another blizzard

DENVER – It looks like northeast Colorado, including the Denver metro area, could be in for another blizzard. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning, effecti...

Two people die after small plane crash at Santa Fe airport

SANTA FE – Authorities say both the pilot and passenger were killed in a small airplane crash at Santa Fe Regional Airport. Santa Fe officials say the two were practicing touch-...

Colorado lawmakers consider ambitious family leave bill

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers are considering an ambitious paid family leave bill Tuesday that’s opposed by most major business chambers in part because their members would have to contribute ...

2 Colorado men sentenced for stealing Wyoming snow fences

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Two Colorado men have been ordered to pay $16,000 in restitution to the Wyoming Department of Transportation for stealing pieces of wood fences designed to help reduce snow b...

Police: Motorist’s finger partly bitten off in road rage

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Police say a man had a portion of his finger bitten off during a violent road rage fight in southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports 49-year-old R...

U.S. lawmakers seek to protect Chaco national park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are renewing a call for the creation of a formal buffer around a national park held sacred by Native Americans. A me...