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New Mexico lawmakers seek popular-vote system for president

SANTA FE – Democratic New Mexico legislators in haven’t given up bringing their state into a movement to elect future U.S. presidents by popular vote. Four lawmakers have introduc...

Albuquerque police report high accident numbers amid storms

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police say the city has seen a spike in accidents as a series of winter storms swept the state. Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said late...

Rising rents making it harder to find housing in Weld County

GREELEY (AP) – Luz Barreras has to balance the budget for her family of six constantly. She’s always fearful of her car breaking down, and she wasn’t able to do much of anything this Christm...

Did Hickenlooper’s rural jobs plan have an impact?

Here’s one county’s experience

Snowfall causes closures in Albuquerque, other communities

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico were among numerous employers big and small closing offices and other facilities Wednesday because of snowfall that als...

Campaign tries to trim Boulder students’ unpaid lunch debt

BOULDER – A Boulder resident is raising money to help pay off more than $230,000 in unpaid lunch costs in the Boulder Valley School District. The Boulder Daily Camera reported Tue...

Lawmakers eye drug sentencing reforms to ease projected prison population growth

People with drug charges make up the largest share of new admissions to prison

Advocacy group: 233 Denver-area homeless people died in 2018

DENVER – An advocacy group says 233 homeless people died in the seven-county Denver area in 2018, up from 231 the year before. The Denver Post reported Monday the Colorado Coal...

Priest donates $1 million for Colorado State professorship

FORT COLLINS – A real estate investor-turned priest has donated nearly $1 million to fund an endowed faculty position for theology at Colorado State University. The Fort Collins C...

Colorado grocery, convenience stores selling regular beer

DENVER – There are more places to buy regular beer in the New Year in Colorado. Grocery and convenience stores are now able to sell full-strength beer under a state law that too...

Pair accused of throwing rocks at I-25 traffic from overpass

LOVELAND – Two northern Colorado men are accused of throwing rocks at traffic from a bridge over Interstate 25, damaging seven vehicles but causing no injuries. The Loveland Re...

Colorado man charged with murder in missing fiancee’s death

DENVER – A Colorado man was charged Monday with murder and solicitation to commit murder in the death of his missing fiancee as police try to find out what happened to the mother of his chil...