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Legal hemp, pot’s look-alike, creates quandary for police

Several people have been arrested transporting hemp across state lines

Reservations available for Hanging Lake on April 1

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The city of Glenwood Springs and the Forest Service partnership for Hanging Lake has announced that reservations for a permit to visit Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon wi...

Longer ski season at Breckenridge raises wildlife concerns

Colorado Parks and Wildlife would like to see gondola closed throughout June and early July

Report: Snowboarders triggered deadly Colorado avalanche

TELLURIDE – The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has determined that an avalanche that killed a 47-year-old skier was triggered after three snowboarders illegally crossed a boundary rop...

Colorado River drought plan gets first congressional hearing

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A plan that outlines how seven states will deal with declining flows in a major river in the U.S. West is getting its first hearing in Congress. The drought con...

Denver ending city sales tax on feminine hygiene products

DENVER – Denver is joining a movement to eliminate sales taxes on feminine hygiene products. The city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to not charge the city’s 4.3 percent ...

Tribes ask U.S. managers to defer lease sale around Chaco

BLM plans sale for Thursday

Marine from Colorado shot, killed while on guard duty at California base

SAN DIEGO – The Navy is investigating after a Marine from Colorado was found shot to death while on guard duty at Southern California’s Camp Pendleton, according to a report Tuesday. ...

Colorado gets new, more colorful logo

DENVER – Colorado has a new, more colorful state logo. Gov. Jared Polis unveiled the image, modeled on the design of the state flag, to reporters Tuesday at the state Capitol. It ...

2 deputies charged in man’s death out at sheriff’s office

BOULDER – Two sheriff’s deputies in Colorado charged with manslaughter in the death of a man they were transporting to detox are no longer with their department. The Daily Camera ...

Navajo Nation searches for funding to replace decrepit jails

FARMINGTON – Navajo Nation officials are in search of funding to replace two deteriorating tribal jails. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan toured one in Shiprock, New Mexico, last week that...

Report: Drought, heat in New Mexico wiped out acres of trees

SANTA FE – A new report says near-record heat and persistent drought in New Mexico wiped out more than 120,000 acres of ponderosa pine, spruce, piñon and other trees last year. Th...