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Democrat Romanoff jumps into race against GOP Sen. Gardner

DENVER – Former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff on Thursday said he would challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, presaging a possible crowded primary field in the effort to oust the ...

Colorado House OKs bill on medical marijuana use for autism

DENVER – Colorado’s House has passed a bill allowing medical marijuana use to treat autism spectrum disorders. The bill had strong bipartisan support, passing 63-0 on Thursday. ...

Facebook marks opening of sprawling New Mexico data center

ALBUQUERQUE – Facebook has marked the opening of its New Mexico data center, a sprawling complex where the social media giant says servers have begun storing some of the millions of videos a...

Site of alleged 1947 UFO crash under new management

ROSWELL, N.M. – The site of an alleged 1947 UFO crash site near Roswell is under new management. The Roswell Daily Record reports Bogle Ltd. Co. of Dexter has sold the Lincoln ...

Denver teachers vow to strike unless deal is reached

DENVER – Denver teachers are vowing to walk off the job Monday unless they can reach a last minute pay agreement with school leaders. The administration of new Gov. Jared Polis de...

Frigid weather closes schools in and around Denver

DENVER – Frigid weather has closed schools in and around Denver and delayed the school day in other school districts in Colorado. Temperatures dipped down below zero along the p...

New Mexico marijuana dispenser wins state fair legal fight

SANTA FE – The state’s largest medical marijuana dispenser has won a legal battle with the New Mexico State Fair. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports U.S. District Judge James Par...

Denver teachers plan strike in contract dispute

DENVER – Denver teachers said they plan to strike next week after Colorado officials declined to intervene Wednesday in a pay dispute between the educators and the school district. ...

Colorado panel takes up birth certificate modernization bill

DENVER – LGTBQ advocates are confident Colorado’s Democrat-controlled Legislature will finally pass a bill allowing persons who change their gender identity to obtain new birth certificates....

Colorado officials agree to remove freeze on state mental hospital beds for non-prisoners

State officials have reportedly agreed to reverse a two-month old policy that had limited admissions to all state-run mental hospitals to only people already in the criminal justice system. ...

After years of simmering tug-of-war, Colorado Democrats eye action on oil and gas

Colorado’s new Democratic majority has vowed to make big changes to how companies drill for oil and gas. Tension between drillers and residents have bubbled for years and culminated in a fai...

Ex-New Mexico athletic head charged with fraud, laundering

ALBUQUERQUE – Former University of New Mexico athletic director Paul Krebs has been charged with fraud and money laundering. The attorney general’s office filed a criminal complai...