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Colorado’s new trash problem: Vape pods

Kristen Lewis keeps a brown cardboard box in her office at Boulder High School. It’s filled with vape pens like JUULs, the leading brand of e-cigarettes, dozens of the pods that carry nicoti...

Ex-New Mexico teacher gets 108 years in prison for sex abuse

ALBUQUERQUE – A former New Mexico teacher convicted of sexually abusing two fourth grade girls more than a decade ago has been sentenced to 108 years in prison. The Albuquerque ...

Oprah Winfrey to address graduates at Colorado College

COLORADO SPRINGS – Oprah Winfrey will give the commencement address to Colorado College graduates on Sunday. The Gazette reports Winfrey had planned to simply attend graduation ce...

Colorado man sentenced for killing mother, assaulting sister

WESTMINSTER – A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his mother and assaulting his sister has been sentenced to nearly 50 years in prison. KMGH-TV reports a judge sentenced ...

Officials reopen New Mexico private prison to hold migrants

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Officials have decided to reopen a private prison in New Mexico to hold local inmates as well as immigrants being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

U.S. wildlife biologist pleads guilty to selling bobcat pelts

GRAND JUNCTION – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist has pleaded guilty in a yearslong criminal enterprise of hunting, skinning and selling dozens of Colorado bobcat pelts. Th...

Colorado releases free app with maps of public land trails

LOVELAND – Colorado has a new free web and mobile application for hikers, mountain bikers and others who use the state’s public trails. The Reporter-Herald reported this week t...

Funeral service for Navajo Code Talker scheduled in Chinle

CHINLE, Ariz. – The funeral service for a Navajo Code Talker will be held this week in Chinle. Fleming Begaye Sr. died Friday. He was 97. Begaye was among hundreds of N...

Iowa-based testing company outsourcing jobs to Colorado firm

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa City-based testing company ACT intends to outsource more than 100 jobs to a Colorado company. ACT says 115 full-time positions and 40 temporary position...

Facebook buys land in New Mexico but mum on purpose

ALBUQUERQUE – Facebook has more than doubled its New Mexico footprint with the purchase of more than 400 acres near its new data center. The Albuquerque Journal reports the s...

1 killed in small plane crash in northern Colorado

LOVELAND – Authorities say one person was killed in a small plane crash in northern Colorado. Carie Dann with the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority says smoke was reported in the pla...

Colorado activists call for pause in new oil, gas drilling

DENVER – Environmentalists and community activists asked Colorado regulators on Wednesday to stop issuing new oil and gas drilling permits until they rewrite the rules under a new law that m...