HELENA, Mont. — Montana's minimum wage workers get a small pay raise on New Year's Day when an automatic cost-of-living increase takes effect. Kaylee Feight, who works at a Helena Quiznos, said … more

DENVER — After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and semi-automatic rifles and mows down … more

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska is joining an effort to try to woo a Colorado company that has threatened to leave that state over new firearm restrictions. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed … more

CHEYENNE — A bipartisan group of western lawmakers is pushing legislation in Washington to restore cuts of $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states. Senators from New … more

DENVER — The number of homeless people in Colorado increased nearly 11 percent between 2011 and 2012, while the national homeless rate remained largely unchanged, according to a report released by … more

DENVER — Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn’t be alive today if doctors at Children’s Hospital of Colorado hadn’t operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born. Doctors pulled her … more

BISMARCK, N.D. — Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state's … more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Poinsettias are in bloom at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week, which is a bigger accomplishment than many might suspect. Growing the Mexican holiday flower in the … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A new study documents a loss of 1.3 million acres of grassland over a five-year period in the Western Corn Belt — a rate not seen since the 1920s and 1930s. The research by … more

DEADWOOD, S.D. — Deadwood gaming numbers are up for slightly for November. Total gross revenues for November rose about 1 percent to $7.49 million. The total money wagered during the month … more