Yet another key inflation marker has hit its highest rate in decades, newly released federal economic data show.

A U.S. District Court judge has invalidated the largest offshore oil-and-gas lease sale in the nation’s history, canceling 1.7 million acres of drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico.

Amazon has agreed to shut down its third-party seller program nationwide and pay a fine of $2.25 million after Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson investigated the company for price fixing.

Arizona Republicans are backing a bill that would make sweeping changes to the way the state conducts its elections, including giving the Legislature the final say on whether the results are valid.

A Pennsylvania court struck down the commonwealth’s mail-in voting law as unconstitutional Friday, citing the state constitution’s requirement for in-person voting.

A Colorado legislative committee has approved sending $6 million to county governments affected by the Boulder fires to cover lost property tax revenue.

While penguins might look like simple, torpedo-shaped ice-waddlers, their bodies are actually quite complex.

Birthdays

January 31

• Zoey Trosper
• Jeff Woelk
• Hazen Weber
• Roy Pearcey* In Memory

February 1

• Chad Penner
• Kya Gilmore

February 2

• Allen Lane
• Grace Forberg
• Claire Webster
• Chevaun Hammer 

February 3

• John Weirich
• Alice Glover
• Logan Engstrom
• Behlen May Pevler
• Pam Crow
• Emmer Morlan

February 4

• Mario Rodriguez
• Eboni Nash
• Hans Igou
• Cree Cordova

Feb

Utah's unemployment rate is bouncing back from COVID-19-pandemic-related lows faster than other states, according to a new report from WalletHub.

Photo of the week from the January 28, 2022, editon of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Frost on pine needles in Kiowa County - Chris Sorensen