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Prosecutors: Fight over remote control spawns fatal prison stomping

COLORADO SPRINGS – Prosecutors say a feud over a TV remote control led to a “fatal stomp-down” that killed a 64-year-old inmate at a Colorado Springs prison. The Gazette reports D...

Colorado woman avoids prison for girl’s drowning

COLORADO SPRINGS – A woman who was charged after the drowning death of a 9-year-old girl at a hotel pool in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to two years in the custody of a community bas...

Death penalty sought for man accused of killing deputy

DENVER – Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Colorado sheriff’s deputy. Sue Lindsay, a spokeswoman for the Adams County District Attorney’...

Colorado pushes for more snowplow drivers among shortage

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Colorado is looking for more drivers to plow roads across the state as winter weather descends. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports the state Department of T...

New Mexico marks record for monthly oil and gas lease sale

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office has set a record for its monthly oil and gas lease sale, generating more than $43 million for public schools and other trust land beneficiaries. ...

Woman pleads guilty to embezzling Girl Scout cookie profits

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling Girl Scout cookie funds from her daughter’s troop. The Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday that 32-year...

Colorado getting $20.2M for watershed work after fires

Colorado is getting $20.2 million to help prevent flooding and mudslides after this year’s wildfires. Sen. Michael Bennet and Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday announced the Eme...

Energy company drops plans to drill under lake, dog park

DENVER – An oil and gas company that wanted to drill 14 wells that would extend underneath a Colorado lake has withdrawn its application amid public outcry over the proposal. The ...

Man sentenced to 25 years for shooting at police post

DENVER – A man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors who charged him with firing at a Denver police command post. Kairo Alejandres-...

No one hurt when plane makes hard landing near Denver

LONE TREE – Colorado authorities say two people escaped injury when their small plane crash-landed into a grassy field southeast of Denver. The single-engine plane went down aro...

Arapahoe Basin, Loveland ski areas set to open

Wolf Creek was first to open in Colorado this year

Hickenlooper’s office labels ethics complaint a political stunt

DENVER — Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office on Friday called an ethics complaint filed against him a stunt aimed at influencing the November election. Gubernatorial spokes...