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Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack is reburied in Colorado

The Associated Press DENVER – A sailor who was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was reburied at a Colorado cemetery on Thursday after his previously unknown remains w...

Wife credited with returning husband to jail following error

GRAND JUNCTION – Court records say a Colorado inmate, mistakenly released from jail, enjoyed less than two hours of freedom before his wife realized the error and made him turn himself in. ...

Denver-based company acquires 2nd Utah ski resort

SALT LAKE CITY – A fast-growing ski resort company is buying another Utah property less than a year after it acquired a ski resort east of Salt Lake City. The Denver-based Alterra...

Forest Service proposes changes to sage grouse protections

BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Forest Service proposed changes Wednesday to sage grouse protections in six Western states that call for eliminating special designations for crucial habitat as well ...

Colorado’s economic growth could generate $1B in new revenue

DENVER – Colorado’s continuing economic growth could generate about $1 billion in new state revenue for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2019. The Denver Post reported Wednesda...

Trump nominates new top federal prosecutor for Colorado

DENVER – President Donald Trump has nominated a new top prosecutor in Colorado; more than a year and a half after an interim leader took the helm. Jason Dunn is a shareholder at t...

Navajo man fights ruling disqualifying him from Utah ballot

SALT LAKE CITY – A Navajo man filed suit Wednesday challenging a Utah county’s decision to disqualify him from the ballot in the first election since a judge ruled local voting districts wer...

$2B power line project awaits green light in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Hours of testimony, reams of documents and the concerns of ranchers and others are being weighed as New Mexico regulators consider clearing the way for a $2 billion power line ...

New Mexico population growth trails western states

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s population has grown at the slowest rate in the western U.S. during the past decade, with more people migrating away from the state than arriving, according to ...

Wildlife sanctuary purchases land in southeastern Colorado

DENVER – A nonprofit wildlife sanctuary nearly at full capacity has purchased 14 square miles of land in southeastern Colorado. KUSA-TV reports the Wild Animal Sanctuary in the ...

New Mexico oil and gas lease sales net record revenues

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office has collected nearly $5 million from its most recent oil and gas lease sale, continuing a record-setting pace for the 2018 fiscal year. ...

Closing arguments held in Colorado death penalty case

COLORADO SPRINGS – Closing arguments were held Wednesday morning in the trial of a Colorado Springs man charged with killing an acquaintance and a former girlfriend he was convicted of stalk...