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Colorado could move to clear pre-legalization marijuana convictions statewide as soon as 2019

Black and Hispanic Coloradans have been disproportionately burdened by marijuana-related arrests

U.S. states to meet at deadline on Colorado River drought plan

LAS VEGAS – With drought entering a second decade and reservoirs continuing to shrink, seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River for crop irrigation and drin...

Man arrested in shattering of sculptures at Denver museum

DENVER – An 18-year-old was arrested on suspicion of criminal mischief for shattering glass sculptures and damaging other pieces at the Denver Art Museum, police said Monday. Jake...

Mrs. Fields Cookies settles discrimination claim for $26K

SALT LAKE CITY – Cookie retailer Mrs. Fields will pay more than $26,000 in penalties to settle a claim that it discriminated against non-U.S. citizens authorized to work. The U.S....

Report: Colorado economy on pace to keep growing in 2019

BOULDER – A recent report says the Colorado economy will continue to grow next year, but perhaps at a slower pace. The Daily Camera reports the 2019 Colorado Business Economic O...

Police use beanbags to resolve standoff at Santa Fe shelter

SANTA FE, N.M. –Police ended a standoff with a woman at a Santa Fe homeless shelter after firing nonlethal beanbag shots. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports officers were called to ...

US to shut down Idaho nuclear waste processing project

BOISE, Idaho – Federal officials will shut down an Idaho nuclear waste treatment project after determining it would not be economically feasible to bring in radioactive waste from other stat...

Traces of Spanish conquistador found at New Mexico site

ALBUQUERQUE – An ongoing metal detector survey of the Coronado Historic Site in Bernalillo has uncovered evidence that Spanish conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado explored the area, o...

Lawyers seek release of mentally ill from Colorado jails

Public defenders across the state have filed 64 requests to judges in recent weeks to get mentally ill people immediately moved out of jails. The people in jail have been charged ...

New Mexico sect co-leader faces up to 10 years in prison

GRANTS, N.M. – A co-leader of a rural western New Mexico paramilitary religious sect is going to prison after previously pleading no contest to child abuse charges. James Green wa...

Author Jon Krakauer sues over adaptation of ‘Into the Wild’

BOULDER – Author Jon Krakauer has filed a lawsuit over a musical adaptation of his 1996 book “Into the Wild.” The Boulder Daily Camera reported that Krakauer originally agreed ...

Missing hiker’s dad: National park could do more to find him

DENVER – The father of a Nevada man missing in Rocky Mountain National Park says park officials haven’t done enough to find him. KMGH-TV reported Friday that Benjamin Tice says th...