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Roughly $300,000 pours into congressional race between Scott Tipton and Diane Mitsch Bush

Chris Kennedy, a Grand Junction city councilman, has also filed to run for the seat in the 3rd Congressional District

Colorado proposes new rules for oil-gas lines after blast

DENVER – Colorado energy regulators on Monday proposed tighter rules for shutting down oil and gas pipelines after a fatal explosion blamed on natural gas leaking from a line that was though...

Colorado sending 20 fire engines to California wildfires

DENVER – Colorado is sending 20 fire engines to California to help fight the wildfires that have been devastating the state. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emerg...

U.S., states struggle to pay spiraling cost of fighting fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The long and brutal 2017 wildfire season is stressing the state and federal agencies that have to pay for the army of ground crews and machinery required to fight them. ...

Colorado judge says juvenile sentencing law unconstitutional

DENVER – A Colorado judge has ruled that a law allowing convicts serving life without parole for crimes committed as juveniles to seek reduced sentences is unconstitutional. Arapa...

Colorado officials urge hunters to leave drones at home

DENVER – Colorado wildlife officials say they’re seeing more hunters illegally using drones when they’re in the field as ownership of the small, remotely operated flying vehicles increases. ...

As grouse rules ease, some see boost for oil, gas exploration

CRAIG – Officials in northwest Colorado say they hope changes to federal plans for dealing with an imperiled bird species will allow more energy development in their part of the state. ...

Breaking mad: ‘Breaking Bad’ house gets fence to block fans

ALBUQUERQUE – The real Albuquerque house made famous by the methamphetamine-making character Walter White in the AMC-TV hit series “Breaking Bad” is getting a fence. The owners ar...

Forest officials advise visitors to watch for mountain lion

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Gila National Forest officials say visitors to the Mogollon Box day-user area northwest of Silver City should be on the lookout for a mountain lion. Forest off...

Pueblo potter to give annual Rudolfo Anaya lecture at UNM

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has announced that Native American potter and poet Nora Naranjo Morse will give the annual lecture named after Mexican-American novelist Rudolfo An...

Arapahoe Basin Ski Area opens earlier than usual

Colorado’s ski season officially begins

Colorado bans solitary confinement for longer than 15 days

DENVER – Inmates in state prisons can’t be held in solitary confinement for more than 15 days, the Colorado Department of Corrections announced on Thursday in the latest effort to overhaul a...