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Colorado Dems unveil plan for big change in oil-gas drilling

DENVER – Colorado Democratic lawmakers released a plan late Friday afternoon for a major overhaul of oil and gas regulations that would make human health and environmental protection the sta...

Colorado jury finds man guilty in death of estranged wife

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A Colorado jury has found a 29-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his estranged in 2016. The Post Independent reports the...

New Mexico House approves tax increase despite GOP concerns

SANTA FE – The New Mexico House of Representatives voted late Friday in favor of changes to the state tax code that would increase some personal income tax rates and impose new taxes on e-ci...

N.M. Senate backs study on Native American deaths, disappearances

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Senate has voted unanimously in support of creating a task force to study how the state should address the deaths and disappearances of Native American women. ...

Felony tossed against man charged in Colorado trooper’s death

CASTLE ROCK – A judge has dismissed a felony charge against a truck driver accused of hitting and killing a Colorado State Patrol trooper on Interstate 25. District Judge Shay Whi...

Hickenlooper team planning ‘celebration’ in Denver next week

Former Colorado governor could announce candidacy for president

Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit against EPA over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge has denied the U.S. government’s request to dismiss a lawsuit that New Mexico, Utah and the Navajo Nation filed against the Environmental Protection Agency over a mine ...

One injured in ski lift fall at Colorado resort

SNOWMASS – A 33-year-old woman has been injured after falling about 17 feet off a sit-ski lift at a Colorado ski area. An Aspen Skiing Co. statement says a lift attendant who atte...

More schools closed in northeast Colorado district

GREELEY – A northeast Colorado school district has closed more schools and facilities in an effort to stop a norovirus outbreak. The Greeley Tribune reports that four Greeley...

Colorado union transit workers agree to new contract

GRAND JUNCTION – Union transit workers have accepted a new contract agreement, avoiding a strike at the public transportation agency in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel rep...

Public health insurance option gets early House approval in Colorado

DENVER – Some warned about mission creep. But Colorado’s Democrat-controlled House has tentatively endorsed developing a proposal for a public health insurance option. Gov. Jared ...

$3M in matching funds awarded for work on Southwest Chief

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation have secured $3 million in matching funds to help complete safety upgrades and maintenance along the Southwest Chief train rout...