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Donovan Mitchell stays hot, Jazz rout Nuggets in Game 2

Series tied 1-1 in the NBA bubble

N.M. governor hopes for K-5 return to classrooms after Labor Day

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed hope Wednesday that most elementary school students will be able to return to classrooms after Labor Day under a hybrid mode, citing declinin...

Body found in burned duplex in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS – An investigation is underway after a body was found following a duplex fire in Colorado Springs. The Gazette reports 36 firefighters battled the fire in the ...

Colorado woman given 35 years for killing boyfriend with car

DENVER – A Colorado woman was sentenced to 35 years in prison for striking and killing her boyfriend with a car. Maria Day, 59, of Leadville was convicted in February of killing 5...

City of Las Cruces agrees to pay $6M in wrongful death lawsuit

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico city has agreed to pay a family more than $6 million in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the choking death of a Latino man in February. The c...

Body found in high mountain lake in northern Colorado

BOULDER – Authorities have recovered a body from a high mountain lake in northern Colorado after a woman was reported missing in the area Monday evening. Boulder County sheriff’s ...

Suspect identified in slaying of Albuquerque woman outside home

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal and local authorities have identified a man suspected of killing an Albuquerque woman outside her home in November – a killing that garnered national attention last mon...

Pine Gulch Fire grows to second-largest in Colorado history

DENVER – A wildfire burning in remote terrain in western Colorado is now the second largest in the state’s history, fire officials said Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, the so-...

Virus exposure closes three central New Mexico medical practices

BELEN, N.M. – A central New Mexico family that has three medical practices has closed its offices because of coronavirus exposure, and two members of the family are recovering from symptoms ...

Southeastern New Mexico principal indicted in fraud case

LOVINGTON, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico school principal has been charged in a fraud case linked to his previous role as a superintendent. Lovington Sixth Grade Academy princi...

Deputies: New Mexico man shot dad in the leg

MADRID, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing charges after police said he shot his father in the leg. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Tate Wuertz was arrested in Cedar Crest, New...

Navajo man on federal death row seeks stay of execution

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The only Native American on federal death row is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put his execution on hold while he seeks review of a lower court decision over potential ...