Lawsuit says hero who killed gunman was shot without warning

DENVER – The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a laws...

Some Colorado sheriff candidates have an unlikely campaign promise: not enforcing the law

‘Constitutional sheriffs’ rail against government overreach, red flag laws

Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters’ staffing woes

SALT LAKE CITY – Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration’s steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage increases won’t be enough to combat staffing problems, as fe...

Colorado taxpayers could see $750 refund checks this summer, new forecast estimates

Amounts are nearly double what state officials predicted in April

Five tribes sign agreement to preserve Bears Ears National Monument

Agreement means tribes and BLM will work together to determine land use and long-term goals

Colorado guilty plea a first for U.S. election task force

DENVER – A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official in a what officials say is the first such plea obtained by a federal task force d...

Arizona fires sweep land rich with ancient sites, artifacts

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – As Jason Nez scans rugged mountains, high desert and cliffsides for signs of ancient tools and dwellings unique to the U.S. Southwest, he keeps in mind that they're part o...

Tribal leaders and feds reestablish Bears Ears Commission

SALT LAKE CITY – Federal officials and tribal nations have formally re-established a commission to oversee land management decisions at a national monument in Utah – among the first such joi...

‘It’s our new cash crop’: A land rush for renewable energy is transforming the Eastern Plains

A race to meet Colorado climate goals has led to a flurry of wind and solar activity

Clela Rorex, who issued 1st same-sex marriage licenses, dies in Boulder

BOULDER – Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has di...

Summer rainy season sets up across Four Corners

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Some Arizona residents were battered by flooding last year when the summer rainy season known simply as the monsoon unleashed on mountains that have been scorched by flame...

BLM speeds up planned gather of wild horses in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – Federal authorities have moved up an operation to remove hundreds of wild horses from western Colorado from September to this week, citing poor rangeland conditions that thr...