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No charges filed in Las Cruces school superintendent’s death

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – No charges are being filed against the driver of a minivan that fatally struck the school superintendent for New Mexico’s second largest city of Las Cruces, police said Mo...

Jury convicts Colorado man in girlfriend’s death

PUEBLO – A Pueblo County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2013 death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Donthe Lucas was found guilty Monday in the death of Kels...

Police: Hundreds of street racers block highway in Colorado

AURORA – A portion of a highway in a Denver suburb was temporarily shut down after hundreds of street racers and cruisers formed a gridlock over the weekend, highlighting a growing concern o...

Police pursue hundreds of tips after violent Colorado party

BOULDER – Authorities have fielded hundreds of tips involving a massive weekend gathering near the University of Colorado at Boulder in which participants damaged cars, set off fireworks and...

Tiger dies at Colorado Springs zoo after procedure

COLORADO SPRINGS – A 9-year-old tiger died last week at a Colorado Springs zoo after an artificial insemination procedure, zoo officials said Monday. The female tiger named Savel...

South African virus variant confirmed at Colorado prison

BUENA VISTA – Three cases of the COVID-19 variant originating in South Africa have been reported at a correctional facility in Colorado, officials said. The Colorado State Public ...

Man dies after falling in Utah’s Zion National Park

SPRINGDALE, Utah – Authorities have identified a 43-year-old Utah man believed to have fallen from a towering rock formation in Zion National Park. The body of Jason Hartwell, 43,...

New Mexico reports 288 additional COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 288 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to 186,742 cases and 3,796 deaths. About a...

New Mexicans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. ...

Four arrested before trial of New Mexico prison gang member

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal authorities have arrested four people, suspected of making threats against a judge and other officials, hours before testimony in the racketeering and murder trial of a...

Sherfield’s late bomb leads Nevada over Colorado State

RENO, Nev. – Grant Sherfield scored 18 points and his 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left gave Nevada an 85-82 win over Colorado State on Friday night. Colorado State failed to get of...

Albuquerque to pay $350K to settle police retaliation claims

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque will make $175,000 payments to a police sergeant and a police officer to settle retaliations claims, the Police Department announced Saturday. ...