LONGMONT, Colo. — Jess Parrish's foray into ice carving started with a very different kind of medium: wood. A case of mononucleosis kept Parrish, then 12, at home — and largely confined to … more

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

FARGO — The National Climatic Data Center says April this year was the coldest on record for the state of North Dakota.North Dakota had an average temperature of 31 degrees in April, 0.1 degrees … 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