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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...

U.S. panel to hear arguments in nuclear waste storage case

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists and nuclear watchdog groups are lining up against plans to build a $2.4 billion storage facility in southeastern New Mexico for spent nuclear fuel from commer...

Prosecutors decline charges against Colorado teacher

GREELEY – Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Colorado middle school teacher who was the subject of a police investigation into possible mistreatment of a student. ...

Denver teachers voting on whether to strike over pay

DENVER – Denver teachers are finishing up a vote on whether to go on strike. Voting started Saturday and is set to end Tuesday night. Two-thirds of unionized teachers would have t...

Interstate 70 in eastern Colorado reopens after storm

DENVER – Blowing snow shut down highways Tuesday on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, stranding truckers and other travelers at the edge of the Denver area. A line of trucks and cars str...

Skier killed in avalanche identified

ASPEN – A man killed in an avalanche in western Colorado has been identified as 48-year-old Arin Trook of Aspen. The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday that Trook died in...

Data: 2018 was Denver’s deadliest year since 2004

DENVER – Data show 2018 was the deadliest year in Denver’s recent history. The Denver Post reports figures compiled by Denver police, the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner ...

Colorado has made headway with opioids, but grim numbers show more is needed

Colorado will need to do more than just cut opioid prescriptions to end its opioid epidemic. That’s according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association, the Colorado Medical So...

Weld Rep. Lori Saine criticized for equating black, white lynchings after Civil War

Saine said she did only a little preparation before speech

Blowing snow in eastern Colorado closes schools, highway stretches

DENVER – Blowing snow and icy roads in suburban Denver and other parts of eastern Colorado have closed schools and shut down highways. Stretches of Interstate 70 were closed Tuesd...

New Mexico considers legalizing medically assisted suicide

SANTA FE – State lawmakers are considering whether to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. A proposal from Democratic Rep. Deborah Armstrong of Albuque...