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Rep. Ken Buck to lead Colorado GOP for next 2 years

ENGLEWOOD – U.S. Rep. Ken Buck has been elected chairman of the Colorado Republican Party for the next two years. The Denver Post reports that Buck was selected among four cand...

Man found dead near Horsetooth Reservoir in north Colorado

FORT COLLINS – The death of a 65-year-old man whose body was found at the base of a cliff near a northern Colorado reservoir has been ruled an accident. The Larimer County Coroner...

Colorado man in custody after cellphone recorded killing

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado man was in custody after the killing of his neighbor was recorded on the victim’s cellphone, police said. James W. Hanlon, 53, turned himself in Frid...

Fugitive priest accused of abusing boy faces trial

ALBUQUERQUE – A priest who was captured after fleeing the U.S. decades ago is facing a federal trial on charges that he sexually abused a New Mexico boy in the early 1990s at an Air Force ba...

Colorado’s House advances oil and gas regulatory bill

DENVER – Colorado’s House has advanced legislation to bolster local control over oil and gas drilling and change the mission of state regulators of the industry. Colorado Politics...

USDA: Arizona, New Mexico areas eligible for drought loans

PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has designated four counties in Arizona and 21 counties in New Mexico as primary disaster centers eligible for emergency loans because of...

New Mexico considers medical cannabis to wean opioid users

SANTA FE, N.M. – Proponents of sanctioning medical marijuana use as a tool for treating opioid withdrawal symptoms are making their case to the new administration of Democratic Gov. Michelle...

Judge rules faith institute exempt from ACA abortion mandate

DENVER – A federal judge has ruled the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute is not subject to abortion-related requirements under the Affordable Care Act. The Colorado Springs Gazett...

Neighbor ID’d as suspect in shooting recorded on cellphone

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police were looking Friday for a man identified as the suspect in a fatal shooting of his next door neighbor after the killing was recorded on the victim’s cellphone. ...

Aztec city commission meeting cut short after gun resolution fails

AZTEC – A city meeting was cut short after some attendees became unruly when officials rejected a resolution that would have barred the use of city resources to enforce certain gun laws. ...

Gov. Polis signs hospital transparency bill into law

DENVER – Colorado hospitals will have to report annual spending under a transparency law signed Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis. The bipartisan effort is part of Polis’ goal to reduc...

Colorado Senate passes ‘red flag’ gun bill

DENVER – Colorado’s Senate on Thursday passed a so-called “red flag” bill designed to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed by a court to be a risk to themselves or others. ...