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Police: Christmas party for county employees turned violent

SANTA FE – Police say a Christmas party for county employees in New Mexico turned violent after an attendee punched a deputy in the nose and struck a radio dispatcher. The Santa F...

Police: Baby girl shot by brother, 3, in critical condition

GALLUP, N.M. – An 8-month-old girl is fighting for her life after police say her 3-year-old brother accidentally shot her in the face in a New Mexico motel room while their mother and her bo...

Judge: Colorado sheriff cannot hold people for immigration

DENVER – A Colorado judge is barring a sheriff’s department from continuing to jail people suspected of being in the country illegally on behalf of federal authorities, saying that the pract...

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...

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...

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”...

Law will allow immigrants to get a driver license

Beginning Jan. 1, immigrants who demonstrate lawful presence in the U.S. will be able to use a Social Security number to obtain a Colorado driver license, instruction permit or identificatio...

Trumps to attend state funeral for Bush; agencies will close

Mesa Verde, San Juan National Forest offices will close

Mikaela Shiffrin wins super-G at Lake Louise

Colorado native wins first super-G, has wins in all five disciplines

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’...