Several environmental groups in Colorado and Wyoming are praising the Interior Department's onshore oil and gas leasing reforms as long overdue...GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes says he made a mistake when he asked his campaign manager to give him $5,000 a month in cash from January through April to cover travel expenses...A Fort Carson soldier has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for preventing a friend's suicide in Iraq...and, the Colorado Department of Wildlife is offering up to $1000 for information on recent pronghorn poaching incidents in Kiowa County.