SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah sixth-grader caught with a gun at school told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar to last week’s mass shooting at a … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An Air Force plan to more than triple the area that can be used in training exercises for the Dakotas-based B-1 and B-52 bombers is still undergoing an environmental review … more

DENVER — Wind manufacturer Vestas announced another round of layoffs on Thursday, saying that Congress’ last-minute extension of a tax credit for wind energy generation came too late to save … more

AURORA, Colo. — Having been diagnosed with celiac spru disease a few years ago, Dan Adema sums up his diet in simple terms: "I can't eat anything that tastes good." If it has gluten, it's a … more

BUTTE, Mont. — A Great Falls man who lost his macaw in a divorce more than five years ago has been reunited with the bird, thanks to an observant friend. Mike Taylor picked up the 25-year-old … more

DENVER — A 34-year-old woman faces charges for allegedly showing students a gun during an argument with children at a Denver middle school Monica Avila said her daughter was being bullied at … more

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The photos were chilling and enigmatic, just like their subject. In the pictures, taken on his IPhone hours before the Aurora movie theater massacre, accused gunman James Holmes … more

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Over the years, the former Anvil Points federal oil shale research site west of Rifle was busy enough at times that workers lived in 74 homes built by the government and … more

CUSTER — U.S. Sen. John Thune is questioning a decision to close a campground at Wind Cave National Park in southwestern South Dakota due to automatic federal spending cuts that took effect March … more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A second white supremacist prison gang member whose name surfaced during an investigation into the slaying of Colorado’s prisons chief was arrested Thursday evening, … more