Here is the latest Colorado news from The Associated Press at 4:40 p.m. MDT.

The skies over a scattering of Western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some big fireworks displays are canceled again, this time for pandemic-related supply chain or staffing problems, or fire concerns amid dry weather.

The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs.

Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week’s stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

Colorado Avalanche win third Stanley Cup title, beating two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6.

Police are investigating a weekend fire at a Christian pregnancy center in north-central Colorado as a possible arson.

Aurora police say a man is in custody after two people were shot Friday night.

More than a dozen candidates campaigning to be sheriffs in counties across Colorado are running on a unique platform of not enforcing certain laws.

House sends Biden compromise gun violence bill as Buffalo, Uvalde killings prompt end to decades of gridlock in Congress.

Pride commemorations that sometimes have felt like victory parties for civil rights advances are grappling with a darker atmosphere this year.

Congress is on the verge of approving a $13 billion bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago.

A man has been arrested in the death of a father of three who police say was shot after driving around cars stopped for a street racing event near Denver.

Colorado’s secretary of state has appointed a supervisor to monitor Tuesday’s primary elections in a third county after some residents received ballots with wrong state House districts and others received ballots that didn’t include a county commissioner’s race.

The Senate has pushed a bipartisan gun violence bill to the brink of passage.

The National Hockey League has taken significant strides in recent years to improve diversity in a sport that has long been predominantly white.

A U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, Joe O'Dea, is a rarity in the Republican Party as a supporter of abortion rights.

A former Colorado police officer has acknowledged failing to stop another officer from shoving an elderly woman with dementia to the ground during a shoplifting arrest.

This week’s gripping testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials following the 2020 presidential election had a rapt audience outside Washington — secretaries of state and election clerks across the U.

The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be shot and killed himself by another officer without warning in suburban Denver is suing police.

Brianna Scurry's soccer jersey from the 1999 Women's World Cup is at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Firefighter groups are applauding steps taken by the Biden administration this week to temporarily raise wages for the men and women on the front lines of the nation’s largest wildfires.

Prosecutors say a convicted sex offender has been sentenced in California to 20 years in prison for taking a 15-year-old girl on a three-month interstate road trip during which he gave the teen meth and had an unlawful sexual relationship with her.

Federal officials and tribal nations have formally reestablished a commission to jointly govern the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.

A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official.

Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has died.

Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, after catastrophic flooding last week destroyed bridges and roads and drove out tourists.

A pair of Colorado residents repeated as winners of the 61st annual Mount Washington Road Race, which had to be cut in half because of the treacherous weather conditions at the summit of New England’s highest peak.

Denver's Street Enforcement Team is the city’s latest effort to impose its controversial camping ban, which makes it illegal for people to sleep on city streets, parks and sidewalks.

The family of a Texas woman who died after falling from a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort as she was riding up with her two young daughters has settled a wrongful death lawsuit.

Authorities say two people died in separate river accidents in western Colorado.

A bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and turkeys and contributed to a spike in egg and meat prices appears to be waning, but experts caution the virus hasn't disappeared and worry another surge could take hold this fall.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced $9 million for 40 projects in Idaho and seven other Western states for sagebrush ecosystems to combat invasive species and wildfire, reduce the spread of juniper trees and promote community and economic stability.

A 42-year-old Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to making several threats against an election official in Colorado.

New Mexico and the U.S. government have reached a $32 million settlement to address claims stemming from a 2015 mine spill that polluted rivers in three western states.

A 17-year-old girl whose body was found inside a Colorado Walgreens store where she worked had worried about a coworker who had a crush on her and who was later arrested on suspicion of her murder.

Authorities say a man died after the raft he was on overturned in northern Colorado’s Poudre River.

U.S. cities and states have lined up with tax breaks and millions of dollars in both public and private investments for a chance at hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Federal authorities have moved up a planned removal of hundreds of wild horses from western Colorado from September to this week.

Five people from Wyoming, including an infant girl, are dead after the SUV they were in was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in northern Colorado.

A Colorado state audit has found that regulators failed to perform exhaustive background checks on 35 sports betting operators currently operating under temporary licenses.

The northern Arizona city of Flagstaff is synonymous with mountains, lush with ponderosa pines, meadows and hiking trails that are a usual respite from the desert heat.

Authorities say a 52-year-old man ran out of water and died while mountain biking in intense heat in western Colorado.

Two people are unaccounted for and presumed dead after a house fire in western Colorado.

More than 100 million Americans are being warned to stay indoors if possible as a heat wave settles over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.

Wildfires burning throughout the American West are forcing evacuations as crews deal with more hot, windy and dry conditions.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court.

Two people were killed and four others were seriously wounded in a shooting at a house party in a residential Denver neighborhood early Sunday, police said.