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Conservation groups sue over coal mines in Colorado, Montana

DENVER – Conservation groups filed lawsuits against state environmental agencies in Colorado and Montana this week targeting coal mines in the two states. Two groups sued Montana’s Departmen...

Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without ‘r’

ALBUQUERQUE – It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers tow...

Shawn Mendes cancels world tour to prioritize his health

Shawn Mendes has pulled the plug on the rest of his world tour, canceling dates in North America and Europe so he can focus on his mental health. “I was not at all ready for how difficult to...

Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools

MASKWACIS, Alberta – Pope Francis’ apology this week for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunci...

New Mexico expands gun safety efforts

Mine petitions filed to have guns removed since red-flag law went into effect

FBI: 170 missing Native Americans in New Mexico, reservation

Names will be released to help locate the missing and improve transparency

2 dead, 1 missing in flooding in northern New Mexico

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Two people died and another person was reported missing from flash flooding in a stretch of northern New Mexico that had been ravaged this past spring by wildfire. Tim Nix,...

The Chainsmokers to perform at the edge of space

NEW YORK – One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is “High” and they're hoping to live up to their lyrics. The hit-making duo of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have signed up to get into a pressur...

Colorado man pleads guilty to casting missing wife’s ballot

DENVER – A Colorado man who had been charged in the presumed death of his missing wife has pleaded guilty to forgery for casting her 2020 election ballot for then-President Donald Trump. Bar...

Fatally injured New Mexico helicopter crew member called 911

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the four first responders killed in last weekend's New Mexico helicopter crash managed to call 911 before succumbing to his injuries, according to emergency dispatch rec...

Crowd protests relocation of abortion clinic to New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Anti-abortion activists from across the U.S. converged in southern New Mexico on Tuesday to protest relocation plans by the Mississippi clinic at the center of the court b...

New Mexico tax changes benefit lower-income residents

SANTA FE – The tax burden for funding state government and public schools in New Mexico is shifting slightly toward wealthier residents as the state stops collecting taxes on most Social Sec...