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Air Force cited for groundwater contamination in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department has issued a notice of violation to the U.S. Air Force for failing to properly address groundwater contamination at a base near Clovis. ...

Man acknowledges role in killing 2 high school students

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man has pleaded guilty to his role in the gang-related killings of two high school students. The Gazette reports 20-year-old Diego Chacon ple...

Prosecutor: No charges against officer who shot homeowner

DENVER – A Colorado police officer will not face charges for fatally shooting a homeowner who had just killed an intruder inside his suburban Denver home, prosecutors said in a letter releas...

Schools: Teacher won’t return after ‘bloody Indian’ comment

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials say a teacher at an Albuquerque high school will no longer work for the school district after she was accused of calling one Native American student a “bloody Indian”...

Cement truck used to break into suburban Denver gun shop

LAKEWOOD – Police say thieves used a cement truck to break in and steal guns from a shop in suburban Denver. Officers in Lakewood found the truck still running with its tank spi...

Snowball fights now legal in Colorado town after boy’s quest

SEVERANCE – A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target wi...

Court revisits fate of New Mexico man who killed 5 as a teen

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A New Mexico prosecutor placed scrutiny Monday on how authorities perceived the demeanor of a man who, as a 15-year-old, had just fatally shot his parents and three young...

Farmington diner settles religious discrimination lawsuit

FARMINGTON – A Farmington diner has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against a Muslim woman. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission anno...

Man gets 48 years for murder in hit advertised on Craigslist

BRIGHTON – A Colorado man who told police he shot a teenager in the head after she hired him to kill her via a Craigslist ad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday as part of a plea a...

Colorado troop leaders head to Afghanistan

FORT CARSON – The leaders of Fort Carson’s 4th Infantry Division now will lead the fighting in Afghanistan. The Gazette reports Maj. Gen. Randy George, the division’s commander, w...

Grand Junction Democrat says he’ll run against Sen. Cory Gardner

Another Democrat, Keith Pottratz, 31, of Grand Junction, has announced plans to run against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. A press release Sunday said he ser...

Air Force prep student missing in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Searchers haven’t been able to find an Air Force Academy’s preparatory school student missing in Rocky Mountain National Park for over a week. Crews...