Author: Associated Press

LONGMONT – The Longmont Housing Authority has agreed to a $170,000 settlement with four residents who claimed police illegally searched their homes at a subsidized housing complex. The Longmont Times-Call reported the agreement comes after claims that officers didn’t get warrants before searching homes at the direction of the housing provider in 2017. The settlement…

GREELEY – A Colorado jail inmate who allegedly belongs to a notorious prison gang was charged with trying to arrange the murder of a prosecutor. Thirty-two-year-old Billie Allen of Canon City is charged with solicitation of first-degree murder, the Greeley Tribune reported Saturday. Allen is accused of trying to arrange the death of Weld County…

BERTHOUD – Authorities say a former employee of a Colorado newspaper printing plant was arrested after allegedly trying to enter the facility and firing a weapon outside the building. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Department says no one was injured in the incident Friday at the Lehman Printing Center in Berthoud, about 45 miles north of…

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado wildlife commissioners have rejected a citizen petition to outlaw the trapping and trophy hunting of bobcats. The Denver Post reported Thursday that the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission heard arguments from both sides during a hearing in Grand Junction Thursday. The commissioners say there is a lack of scientific evidence that…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says he has received support from President Donald Trump for a state plan to lower prescription costs by importing drugs from Canada. The Colorado Sun reports that Polis spoke with Trump by phone Wednesday and received the president’s backing for a drug importation bill that passed the state legislature in the…

UTAH Karaoke, ax-throwing sites want to sell beer SALT LAKE CITY – At least one lawmaker thinks people should have beer with their karaoke – even in conservative Utah. A new liquor law in the state has come under scrutiny by legislators and business owners after beer licenses were denied to a karaoke lounge and…

VAIL – The former owners and the company that developed a biomass power plant in Colorado have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the federal government to resolve fraud allegations. The Vail Daily reports U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn announced the settlement Tuesday following allegations that Eagle Valley Clean Energy LLC violated the federal False Claims…

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill that would delay until 2020 a ballot question asking voters if the state can borrow $2.34 billion for transportation projects. The issue was to appear on the 2019 ballot under legislation passed last year. It would have asked voters if the state could issue $2.34 billion in transportation bonds.…

The University of Colorado named Mark Kennedy as its next president Thursday amid protests that the former Republican U.S. representative is out of step with the school’s values. Regents voted 5-4 along party lines in favor of Kennedy, who is currently president of the University of North Dakota. Kennedy has been criticized for his conservative…