Author: Associated Press

Boulder County is the latest local government in Colorado to impose a moratorium on new oil and gas drilling. The Longmont Times-Call reports the commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the moratorium on Friday without taking public comment. Commissioners scheduled a July 16 meeting to hear comments and decide whether to keep the moratorium. Commissioner…

NEW MEXICO Senators press feds on Native American safety ALBUQUERQUE – Lawmakers including Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico pressed the Trump administration at a hearing to respond with urgency in addressing violence against Native American women and children after they say two officials arrived at a key U.S. Senate hearing unprepared to…

A Colorado judge has overturned a woman’s conviction for illegally voting in the wrong precinct. The Colorado Sun reports a judge ruled last month that a lower court incorrectly convicted Marie Rossmiller of Pitkin. The district court judge has sent the case back down for a new verdict to be issued. Rossmiller submitted a ballot in an…

A Denver city agency is responding to President Donald Trump’s delay of immigration sweeps in Denver and other municipalities by saying it is “sickened by the use of immigrant families as pawns in this political game.” The Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships issued that statement late Saturday. > RELATED: Trump postpones nationwide immigration…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Twenty Democratic presidential candidates attending a Planned Parenthood forum on Saturday vowed to defend abortion rights under nearly any circumstance while largely ignoring nuances around the issue that have already roiled their party heading into the 2020 election. The event sponsored by Planned Parenthood Action Fund – the group’s political arm –…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Almost the entire sprawling Democratic presidential field of more than 20 candidates took the same stage Friday in the South’s first primary state, looking to make connections in a primary battleground that has helped propel the party’s last two nominees. Joining the crowd were Colorado candidates Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper. Former…

Authorities have captured three men who escaped from an immigrant detention center in Aurora. KMGH-TV in Denver reported Friday the men were found in three locations but had spent several nights together in a safe house in Colorado Springs after the escape. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 23-year-old Amilcar Aguilar-Hernandez, of El Salvador,…

DURANGO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says contamination from nearly 50 mining sites in southwestern Colorado doesn’t pose a serious risk for human health. The Durango Herald reports that the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site assessment released Thursday didn’t find any risks to people working or hiking, hunting or fishing there. However, it…

An immigration activist who has sought sanctuary from deportation inside a Denver church says federal authorities have denied her latest petition to stay in the U.S. Jeanette Vizguerra said Thursday she will appeal the denial while living in the First Unitarian Society of Denver church to avoid deportation to Mexico. Her attorney, Bryce Downer, says…