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Ballots for Aspen election sent to dozens of underage voters

ASPEN – Dozens of teenagers in a Colorado ski resort town were sent ballots by mistake for a municipal election next month. The Aspen Times reports the Pitkin County Clerk and ...

Colorado restaurateurs want one straw law to rule them all, not many local ones.

There’s something missing at Centro Mexican Kitchen in Boulder. Once you take a seat, a waiter brings a glass of water, but no straw. Ask for one and you’ll get a paper straw. The...

Denver Police plan to encrypt radio traffic this spring

DENVER – Denver Police plan to encrypt the department’s radio traffic, blocking public access. The Denver Post reports that the department will require news media to sign an ag...

Albuquerque police: Man is accused of extreme animal cruelty

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque say a man has been accused of extreme animal cruelty after the alleged beating of a dog. According to court documents obtained by KOB-TV, Gabri...

KKK hoods found in Denver-area yearbook from 1978 to ’80

DENVER – A review of Denver-area yearbooks in recent decades found photos of students wearing Ku Klux Klan-style hoods for several years at one suburban high school and students in blackface...

Lawmakers: U.S. budget measure includes $50M for Amtrak route

SANTA FE – Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail pass...

New Mexico shuns proposal to raise royalty rates on oil

SANTA FE – New Mexico state legislators shunned a proposal to increase the maximum royalty rate for oil and natural gas production on state trust lands that generate money for public schools...

N.M. judge sets conditions of release for ex-priest

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico judge has set conditions of release for a former Catholic priest accused of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old boy in the 1980s. KOB-TV reports a judge ...

Sheriffs fight gun bills with ‘sanctuary county’ resolutions

ALBUQUERQUE – A handful of rural counties in New Mexico are passing resolutions saying they will not require their sheriffs to enforce a sweeping slate of gun-control proposals that have gon...

New Mexico library killer sentenced to life in prison

CLOVIS, N.M. – A New Mexico teenager convicted of opening fire and killing two people at a public library will spend decades in prison before being eligible for parole under a sentence impos...

N.M. teen planned to shoot ex-girlfriend at school, documents say

ALBUQUERQUE – A note found in a 16-year-old boy’s pocket indicated that he had planned to kill his ex-girlfriend and others on Valentine’s Day, when he fired a gunshot inside his high school...

Speed caused light rail derailment that severed woman’s leg

DENVER – Transportation officials have fired the operator of a light rail train that derailed in suburban Denver – ejecting a woman and severing her leg – after determining the train was goi...