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Colorado Boy Scouts reorganize prior to Mormon church split

DENVER – Two Colorado Boy Scouts of America councils are merging before a split with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Denver Post reports the Boy Scouts’ Denve...

Colorado debates making it harder to opt out of vaccinations

Legislative session ends at midnight Friday

Colorado Sen. Bennet becomes latest Democratic presidential candidate

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, a champion of political moderation, announced Thursday that he would join the crowded Democratic presidential race. Bennet announced in April that...

New Mexico governor signals new approach to pardons

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled a new and more holistic approach to evaluating requests for pardons and other forms of clemency in guidelines published Wednesday. ...

New Mexico forest investigates vandalism at rock art sites

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Officials with the Gila National Forest are investigating vandalism at prehistoric rock art sites within the boundaries of the southern New Mexico forest. They...

‘Riot’ erupts at youth corrections facility near Denver

GOLDEN – Multiple people, including two juvenile inmates, were injured during what was described as a riot at a youth corrections facility west of Denver. Police say an inmate ins...

Coroner: Woman obsessed with Columbine died before warnings

DENVER – A Florida teenager obsessed with the Columbine school shooting had already died by suicide by the time authorities launched a manhunt for her after learning that she had traveled to...

Records: Company in Colorado truck crash had brake issues

DENVER – The company that owns a semitrailer involved in a fiery pileup that killed four people near Denver had two trucks taken out of service for brake-related issues in the past year, inc...

Colorado House OKs nicotine tax ballot measure

DENVER – Colorado’s House has approved a late-session bill to ask Colorado voters to significantly raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products and impose taxes on nicotine vaping de...

Amazon to open delivery center at Colorado Springs airport

COLORADO SPRINGS – Amazon.com Inc. plans to open a new delivery center on property purchased from a Colorado airport. The Gazette reported that a purchase agreement was finalize...

Altria engages against nicotine tax bill

DENVER – Altria, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, has hired lobbyists and is mounting a social media campaign against a proposal to raise Colorado’s nicotine tax. ...

N.M. police: Boy, 15, shot over banana being thrown at car

HOBBS, N.M. – A 15-year-old New Mexico boy is recovering from gunshot wounds after police say a 17-year-old boy shot at his car in retaliation for a banana being thrown. Hobbs P...