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Rare photos of tuft-eared cats caught in San Juans

Euthanization of 28 mustangs draws criticism

Advocates say horses could have recovered

Federal prosecutors meet to discuss public safety for tribes

SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. – New laws have helped fix a legal system that left tribal communities especially vulnerable to violent crimes for decades, but challenges still remain, the top federa...

Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew

BILLINGS, Mont. – The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environ...

Flood zones could expand, raising costs

Experts say to expect more events like those in 2013

Bears spotted in Denver searching for food

DENVER – When a helicopter circled her quiet suburban cul-de-sac early Friday, Carol Rose didn’t think it was a manhunt or an air ambulance but instantly knew there must have been another be...

Region Briefs

17 Colo. counties eligible for drought disaster aid DENVER – The federal government says 17 Colorado counties affected by drought are eligible for assistance after being designate...

Oil, gas industry responding to threat of worker lung disease

The disease dates back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, but it continues to kill workers today. Oil and gas is the latest industry to face the threat. Silicosis is an incurable ...

N.M. energy regulators accused of being too close with utility

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of a powerful New Mexico regulatory body are too “chummy” with utility executives and should not be allowed to make decisions about the fate of a coal-fired power plant...

Prosecutor in James Holmes case considers challenging for Senate

DENVER – Colorado’s political world is waiting on George Brauchler. The district attorney of the 18th Judicial District, which covers the southern swath of the Denver metro area,...

Critics want VA off projects

DENVER – New criticism of the VA’s troubled hospital construction program turned up pressure in Congress on Friday for the agency to turn over future big projects to the Army Corps of Engine...

Records show school’s response to Holmes

DENVER – More than a month before James Holmes’ rampage on an Aurora movie theater, the head of his neuroscience graduate program called a campus police officer with alarming information: Ho...