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A proposal to enhance penalties for lying about elections is the latest divisive voting proposal to hit Colorado's legislature.More >>

Newly acquired forward Steve Downie could make his debut with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night as the Avalanche try to complete their first season sweep of the Los Angeles Kings in nearly two decades.More >>

Montrose officials are planning to honor veterans by helping them find housing and jobs.More >>

Colorado weather forecasters say winds up to 100 miles per hour are possible through tomorrow on the Front Range and eastern Plains. Parts of Colorado 128 and Colorado 93 south of Boulder had to be closed because of gusty...More >>

Homeland Security officials say the federal agency is planning to increase its presence fighting drug cartels in New Mexico's Four Corners region.More >>

Three teenagers stuck for a night in a blizzard survived by burning what they could, including their snowmobile.More >>

El Paso County authorities say three children are safe after two people were found dead in a home following reports of a shooting.More >>

Sen. Mark Udall says the national debt is one of the biggest threats to national security that requires cuts to the military budget and finding ways to rein in Medicare and health care spending.More >>

A long-debated requirement that voters show photo IDs when they cast ballots is back before the Colorado Legislature.More >>

El Paso County commissioners have moved to change oil and gas regulations that they recently approved, following concerns from state officials.More >>

Strong winds are expected to continue in parts of Colorado and Wyoming through Thursday.More >>

Job postings that state unemployed applicants need not apply will remain legal as a Republican state House committee rejected a discrimination measure.More >>

The artist Christo is pushing back the time frame for his Over the River project, which would involve suspending 5.9 miles worth of silvery, translucent fabric over specific sections of a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas...More >>

A top officer in the Global Positioning System program says the Pentagon's post-Iraq, post-Afghanistan strategy will provide sufficient funding for GPS.More >>

A debate over whether to ban Colorado employers from using credit reports against job applicants became feisty when Senate Democratic Leader John Morse said Republicans are trying to protect corporations while Democrats want...More >>

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that some political attack ads are legal if they don't urge voters to elect or defeat a particular candidate.More >>

Colorado Springs police say a suspect in a car crash that left one man dead and another injured after they were pinned between two vehicles has turned himself in.More >>

Colorado officials are waiting for the federal government to decide whether the state can have its own roadless rule.More >>

An agreement that Denver Water reached with almost three dozen Western Slope water users last year is getting its first signatures.More >>

Authorities say a newborn baby girl wasn't abandoned outside a Southern California gas station as originally thought. Long Beach police say investigators believe the baby's mother either called 911 herself or she...More >>

Selling or manufacturing synthetic drugs known as "bath salts" would be illegal in Colorado under a bill in consideration at the state Legislature.More >>

Authorities are searching for a man who they say fired a shot at an officer and ran in Denver.More >>

A woman's family is trying to find out what happened to the woman's remains, which her daughter tried to send through the mail from Arizona.More >>

Police are investigating the death of a worker in east Denver.More >>

Sheriff's officials have identified a backcountry skier who died in an avalanche on Wolf Creek Pass as 37-year-old Andre Hartlief.More >>

Colorado Senators are debating a measure to restrict employers from using consumer credit information against job applicants unless the job they're applying for is in the financial or security sectors.More >>

Authorities say a man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was dragged by a pickup in the Denver suburb of Westminster.More >>

Former Nebraska track star Rhonda Blanford-Green is the new executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association.More >>

A suspect has escaped from a Denver hospital where he was being treated for a gunshot wound in his leg.More >>

Authorities say a 15-year-old girl from Wellesley, Mass., has died while skiing in Colorado.More >>

Authorities say two people are dead and four others injured after a private airplane from Texas crashed just short of an airport runway during a heavy snowstorm in Colorado.More >>

A spokesman for the Colorado U.S. Attorney's Office says an assistant U.S. Attorney died while snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park.More >>

A noted New York lawyer and Ponzi scheme victim of Bernie Madoff has signed on to help victims of New Mexico swindler Doug Vaughan.More >>

A piece of the World Trade Center destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks is on display in Pueblo.More >>

An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog that was impounded after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor is back home with its owner after 10 days of mandatory quarantine.More >>

A 27-year-old Windsor man accused of severely abusing his 5-month-old son has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.More >>

First Lady Michelle Obama is spending Presidents Day weekend in Aspen with her daughters, Sasha and Malia.More >>

A bill introduced in the Colorado Senate would allow Indian tribal elders to work in public schools as teachers of their native languages.More >>

The Environmental Protection Agency says a project to divert more water from western Colorado to Front Range cities could further degrade ecosystems along the upper Colorado River.More >>

A 44-year-old Denver man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping two hikers near Nederland in 2010.More >>

Marijuana activists in Colorado have turned in thousands more signatures in their effort to once again put a legalization initiative on the ballot.More >>

Authorities say two children are being rescued from a small pond in Denver and both appear to be all right.More >>

A man who authorities say claimed he was a sovereign citizen and not subject to state taxes has pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from a package with white powder mailed to the Colorado Department of Revenue.More >>

Prosecutors have filed four charges against a 14-year-old girl suspected in a hammer attack at Columbine High School.More >>

A Massachusetts judge has upheld a $20 million jury award to the family of a Colorado woman who died after a Toys 'R Us inflatable pool slide partially collapsed.More >>

Most of Colorado's representatives in the U.S. House have backed renewing a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits.More >>

A Colorado Republican senator told lawmakers who gave initial approval to repealing criminal libel that what people write on Facebook shouldn't land them in jail.More >>

Job cuts are under way as the Eagle County school district cuts up to 70 full-time jobs.More >>

Wyoming lawmakers are considering requiring some welfare recipients to undergo drug tests.More >>

Animal lovers are expected to be out in force this weekend looking for bighorn sheep to make sure they won't be hurt by an art project.More >>

The San Juan Basin Health Department building in Durango is expected to reopen following cleanup of a mercury spill.More >>

Marijuana legalization activists in Colorado say they won't fall short this time making statewide ballots.More >>

An Air Force Academy instructor is being honored for rushing to the aid of injured spectators after a plane crash killed 11 people at an air race in Nevada last year.More >>

Senators have rejected a Republican proposal to limit the scope of how Colorado regulates child care businesses.More >>

A vote on an overhaul of strict school punishment policies adopted after the Columbine High School shootings has been delayed.More >>

The city of Longmont's planning commission has recommended approving new rules for the oil and natural gas industry.More >>

A monthly survey of bankers in 10 Midwest and Great Plains states shows the rural economy slowing down, but reflects strong gains in hiring and farmland prices.More >>

A federal appeals court has rejected Wyoming's request for it to reconsider a decision upholding a 2001 rule barring development on millions of acres roadless areas in national forests.More >>

An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog that was impounded last week after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor is headed home and won't face any serious consequences.More >>

A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of third-degree murder for shooting a longtime friend in what he claimed was an accident.More >>

The mayor of Red Cliff is hoping the federal government will help with some of the costs of coping with a water emergency that shut off water to the town.More >>

A new Colorado precinct in Larimer County that has only two members is raising privacy concerns.More >>

Gov. John Hickenlooper's administration is announcing plans to improve Colorado's child welfare program after 43 children died of abuse or neglect over the past five years.More >>

A Colorado firm wants to build an oil pipeline from western North Dakota's booming oil patch to a pipeline hub in northern Minnesota.More >>

Twenty soldiers and Air Force personnel from Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base will spend a weekend camping, snowshoeing, skiing and fishing during an outing intended to help ease their transition back to civilian life.More >>

A sweeping trans fats ban for public schools is before Colorado senators after a two-week delay.More >>

School discipline policies adopted after the 1999 Columbine High School shootings are getting a second look in Colorado.More >>

About 3,000 Fort Carson soldiers are preparing for a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.More >>

Members of Colorado's congressional delegation are at odds over a proposal on oil shale.More >>

The Denver airport's director of government affairs has had her security privileges suspended for 180 days after trying to bypass a security checkpoint to board a flight.More >>

Sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness - again.More >>

Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights went under direct challenge in federal court Wednesday as state lawyers argued that a judge can't touch the amendment voters approved in 1992.More >>

The Pentagon is offering new details of its plan for shifting from a combat mission in Afghanistan to one focused on training and advising Afghan forces as they gradually shoulder more of the combat burden.More >>

A pilot program is getting under way to help returning veterans go into farming while also revitalizing rural communities.More >>

A proposed land swap that would consolidate a ranch for billionaire William Koch is headed back to the drafting board.More >>

Federal officials have fined a Minnesota company nearly $12,000 for safety violations after a worker died in a grisly construction accident near Aspen Highlands in August.More >>

Questions are being raised after the Colorado Department of Transportation started building a wildlife fence on Interstate 25 near Fountain that will cost about $1 million.More >>

The owner of two Colorado golf courses has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges.More >>

A civil rights complaint that a Colorado Indian woman did not get proper medical treatment has been settled.More >>

Pitkin County is holding a meeting in Basalt to discuss recommendations on winter closures on federal lands.More >>

A coalition of Indian tribes is welcoming a court ruling that tribes cannot be held in contempt for commercial ventures such as personal loans offered over the Internet.More >>

A direct challenge to Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights is in federal court.More >>

A defense attorney for a beekeeper accused in a fire that caused about $10 million in damage in downtown Fort Collins says as many as 75 to 100 witnesses could testify at his client's trial.More >>

A Denver Civil Service Commission panel has overturned the firing of a police detective who was accused of lying about failing to follow a tip about a hit-and-run crash.More >>

Eagle County sheriff's officials have arrested three Avon residents suspected of distributing cocaine in the Vail area.More >>

A semitrailer driver who troopers say drove about 11 miles in the wrong direction on Interstate 70 before causing a deadly, head-on crash near Limon (LY'-mun) has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.More >>

A proposal to give bidding preferences to companies that employ mostly Colorado workers for state projects is getting its first hearing.More >>