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Man who wore clown makeup in Colorado killing gets 42 years

DENVER – A man who was wearing claw-like gloves and clown-style makeup when he stabbed a man to death in Denver last year has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. Thirty-seven-...

Recreation area to reopen in northern New Mexico forest

TAOS, N.M. – A recreation area in Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico is about to reopen for public use after being closed several years because of a safety hazard. Fo...

Mountain lion breaks into Colorado home, kills house cat

BOULDER – A mountain lion that became trapped inside a Colorado home killed a house cat before police and wildlife officers were able to scare it out. Boulder police say the homeo...

New Mexico compound littered with ammunition, dirty diapers

AMALIA, N.M. – Dirty diapers, shotgun shells, small broken bicycles, the white sandal of a baby, anguished journals about faith and a DVD about killing techniques in close combat. ...

Bull Draw Fire north of Nucla grows by 5,000 acres

Fire is top priority in Rocky Mountain region

U.S. wildlife boss departs after stirring fears on species law

BILLINGS, Mont. – The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is stepping down after a 14-month tenure in which the agency proposed broad changes to rules governing protections for thousa...

5th lawsuit filed against EPA over 2015 Gold King Mine waste spill

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A fifth lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a mine waste spill the agency inadvertently triggered in 2015, polluting rivers in ...

Judge: Clerk falsified complaint against Navajo candidate

SALT LAKE CITY – A judge who ordered a Utah county to put a Navajo man back on the ballot has determined the county clerk violated state law by improperly dating the residency complaint and ...

Complaint: New Mexico violated law in vote to cut sports

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico lawyer is asking a state judge to toss out a University of New Mexico decision to eliminate four sports over allegations the school violated the state’s open meeti...

Command of southern New Mexico missile range changing hands

The Associated Press WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Command of an Army missile testing installation near Las Cruces in southern New Mexico is changing hands. A cha...

Nevada inmate charged in 1984 hammer killings near Denver

AURORA – A Nevada inmate convicted of attacking a couple with an ax handle in their bedroom is being charged with killing four people with a hammer in suburban Denver over 30 years ago, auth...

Rain-on-snow flood risk expected to increase in West

Flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in the West and Canada, according to a study by University of Colorado-Boulder and the National ...