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Rifle Police Department training dogs to ignore marijuana

RIFLE – A Colorado police department is training its incoming police dogs to sniff out drugs while ignoring the scent of marijuana. KUSA-TV reported Wednesday that 12-year-old Car...

Voters approve new taxes on marijuana around Colorado

DENVER – Voters around Colorado have approved new local taxes on marijuana. The Vail Daily reported residents in Eagle County approved new sales and excise taxes on recreational m...

Foes of Obama oil, gas rule ask court to reconsider ruling

DENVER – Opponents of some Obama-era oil and gas regulations say a decision by a federal appeals court in Denver could allow those rules to go into effect temporarily, even though the Trump ...

Lafayette bans oil and gas development for 6 months

LAFAYETTE – The Lafayette City Council has approved a fracking moratorium while it overhauls its drilling regulations. The Daily Camera of Boulder reported the ban, approved Monda...

Federal judge sides with New Mexico ranchers in water case

ALBUQUERQUE – A U.S. court has sided with a New Mexico ranching family in a decades-long battle over access to water on national forest land, providing more certainty that state law allows f...

As Cliven Bundy stands trial, a Colorado link to his ‘range war’ may surprise you

Jury selection ended last week in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. It’s the latest chapter in his long-running saga of conflict with the federal government over intentionally grazin...

Funeral held for Utah student killed in carjacking attempt

SALT LAKE CITY – A University of Utah student killed in a carjacking attempt near campus has been remembered by family and friends at a funeral. A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...

Expert: New Mexico counties losing out on oil and gas taxes

Self-reporting system costing taxpayers

Deal bans cyanide traps in Colorado

Department of Agriculture says devices not used on public lands

Utah teen killed in Jeep rollover near Colorado line

JENSEN, Utah – The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an off-road vehicle crash that claimed the life of an eastern Utah teenager. The sheriff’s office says 15-year-o...

Martinez expresses sympathy for victims of church shooting

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says she has called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to express her sympathies for the victims of the church shooting near San Antonio that killed 26 people ...

Walleye delay action on endangered Colorado pikeminnow

GRAND JUNCTION – Just as it approaches recovery, the endangered Colorado pikeminnow faces a new threat, a predator that eagerly scarfs down young pikeminnow, taking a jagged bite out of the ...