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Endangered Mexican wolf killed following livestock attacks

ALBUQUERQUE – An endangered Mexican gray wolf has been killed by federal employees after a Native American tribe requested the animal be removed from the wild in the wake of a string of catt...

Bears pulled from tree in downtown Aspen’s pedestrian mall

ASPEN – Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials tranquilized a mother bear and her two cubs after they had found their way into a tree on an Aspen pedestrian mall on Thursday. The A...

Colorado woman uses dead critter parts to make jewelry

PUEBLO (AP) – Snake vertebrae, muskrat jaws, bird skulls and beetle wings may not be the most traditional materials when it comes to designing and fabricating jewelry, but take just one look...

Program encourages kids to read to cats at animal shelter

GREELEY (AP) – Cale Martin is allergic to cats. But he loves cats. He loves them so much, he doesn’t mind taking his medication before he reads to them at the Humane Society of Weld County. ...

Santa Fe approves ban on traveling wild, exotic animal acts

SANTA FE – Santa Fe will no longer allow wild and exotic animal acts after approving an amendment to the city’s animal welfare ordinance. The City Council and mayor approved the a...

Power lines to connect Wyoming wind energy to Southwest

Energy will serve markets in California, Nevada and Arizona

US West’s wildfires spark calls to thin tree-choked forests

SALEM, Ore. – Wildfires that are blackening the American West in one of the nation’s worst fire seasons have ignited calls, including from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, to thin forests that...

Colorado to appeal ruling against sex offender registry

DENVER – Colorado has decided to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the state violated the constitutional rights of three men by requiring them to register as sex offenders, the state’s at...

5 charged with fatal abuse in girls’ deaths on Colorado farm

NORWOOD – Five people have been charged with fatal child abuse in the deaths of two young girls whose bodies were found on a Colorado farm. At a Tuesday court hearing in San Migue...

Gov. Sandoval concerned about public pot lounges, cafes

RENO, Nev. – Gov. Brian Sandoval is raising concerns about a new opinion by the Legislative Counsel Bureau that says nothing in state law prohibits local governments from allowing marijuana ...

Colorado woman admits voting her deceased mother’s ballot

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to casting a vote in her deceased mother’s name in 2013. The Gazette reports 59-year-old Sairilu Sosa-Sanchez pleaded guilty...

Colorado outlines new pipeline rules after fatal explosion

Formal public meetings planned for December