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...

Colorado readies e-bike program with $12 million in new funding

State officials want to make sure shops have stock

Colorado secretary of state names supervisor to monitor Elbert County primary election

Dallas Schroeder was involved in a security breach last year

Cyclist dies after running out of water during heat wave

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say a 52-year-old man ran out of water and died while mountain biking in intense heat in western Colorado. Mesa County Sheriff’s officials say three other cyclis...

Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California

Smoke from blaze near Flagstaff causes hazy skies in Colorado

Official named to monitor election in Colorado county

DENVER – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday appointed an official to monitor this month’s primary election in a county where the clerk made copies of voting system hard dr...