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New gun control bill advances to governor in New Mexico

SANTA FE –The Legislature has passed a gun control bill aimed at ensuring that people under protective orders for domestic violence relinquish their firearms. A 38-31 vote in the ...

Former Colorado food truck makers ordered to pay $4.5M

DENVER – Two Colorado men accused of cheating customers who had hired them to build custom food trucks have been ordered to pay back millions of dollars. The Denver Post reported ...

Woman sentenced for faking illnesses to get donations

LOVELAND – A Colorado woman accused of faking illnesses to get donations has been sentenced to a year in the Larimer County work release program and 10 years’ probation. The Lovel...

Boulder DA gets bias training grant for police

BOULDER – A Colorado district attorney’s office has received a grant for bias training in a city where several police officers confronted a black student outside his home. The Dai...

U.S. eases land restrictions meant to protect bird in West

Opponents expected to fight move to help greater sage grouse thrive

Marijuana lobby grows in spending, stature in Colorado

DENVER – The marijuana lobby in Colorado has grown in spending and stature as the industry tops $6 billion in sales in its fifth year of legalization in the state. The Colorado ...

N.M. accuses Texas oil firm of air quality violations in San Juan Basin

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators are going after a Texas-based oil and gas company over alleged air quality violations. The state environment department issued a notice to Hilc...

Grand Canyon National Park’s first female leader is resigning

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park is resigning, less than three years after she took the helm of one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations. ...

Colorado’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm barrels toward Midwest

LONGMONT – National Guard troops used specialized vehicles with tank-like treads to rescue stranded drivers in Colorado in the wake of a massive late-winter storm that unleashed heavy rain a...

New Mexico group to keep pressing Congress on Trinity test

ALBUQUERQUE – Residents of a New Mexico Hispanic village near the site of the world’s first atomic bomb test plan to return to Washington, D.C., to press Congress about compensation. ...

Santa Fe archbishop: Accused priests don’t represent church

ALBUQUERQUE – Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester says people shouldn’t write off the Roman Catholic Church because of former priests facing child rape charges. Wester told The Associ...

‘Epic’ storm brings blizzards, floods, tornado to mid-U.S.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A window-rattling late winter storm brought blizzards, floods and a tornado across more than 25 states Wednesday, stretching from the northern Rocky Mountains to Texas and b...