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Colorado Electoral College reps try to revive lawsuit

DENVER – Colorado electors want a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state law requiring electors to back the winner ...

Denver teachers’ strike on hold amid procedural wrangling

DENVER – Denver school officials asked the state on Wednesday to intervene in its pay dispute with teachers, a move that will delay a strike that had been scheduled to start Monday. ...

Proposal would end daylight saving time in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A state lawmaker wants New Mexico to join neighboring Arizona in refusing to recognize daylight saving time. A bill sponsored by state Rep. Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales wou...

Colorado town extends moratorium on new oil, gas drilling

BOULDER – A Colorado town has extended its moratorium on new oil and gas drilling, expecting lawmakers to address statewide regulations this year. The Daily Camera reports th...

Cleanup efforts underway after industry leaks in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – Cleanup efforts are underway after two recent leaks from oil and gas facilities in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports a buried natural gas gatherin...

Authorities find suspected stash house for human trafficking

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Authorities from the United States and Mexico are investigating after a 17-year-old from Guatemala and his father say they were held against their will in a house in Mex...

Colorado governor works to try to prevent teacher strike

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is trying to see if he can help prevent Denver teachers from striking next week. Polis said Wednesday that he would meet with representatives of...

Colorado’s Polis creates office to reduce health care costs

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed an executive order creating an office to coordinate his administration’s efforts to reduce health care costs. Polis signed the order ...

Two plead not guilty to starting Colorado wildfire

EAGLE – Two people accused of starting a wildfire in western Colorado last summer by firing incendiary tracer rounds at a shooting range have pleaded not guilty. Twenty-three-ye...

How trafficking in indigenous communities has been ignored under Trump

Department of Justice canceled landmark study in 2017

Denver teachers vote to go on strike over pay

DENVER – Denver teachers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to go on strike after more than a year of negotiations over base pay. Rob Gould, lead negotiator for the Denver Classroom Tea...

Gradisar on track to become Pueblo’s first mayor in decades

PUEBLO – Pueblo is getting its first mayor in decades. Ballots in Tuesday’s runoff mayoral election are still being counted in the southern Colorado city, but there aren’t expecte...