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USA Hockey president Jim Smith facing investigations

COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Hockey president Jim Smith is the subject of two investigations surrounding his tenure as the president of Amateur Hockey Association Illinois. USA Hockey s...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Albuquerque cops use tear gas, helicopter against protesters

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque said officers were forced to use tear gas and a helicopter against demonstrators early Friday after a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapoli...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Open space patrols begin around Albuquerque amid fire danger

ALBUQUERQUE – Firefighters have started patrolling open space areas around New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area as dry conditions intensify and fire danger increases. The patrol...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Department of Health has reported 102 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and one more known death. That pushes the numbers to 4,944 posi...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Escaped Colorado inmates pretended to be immigrants

SELLS, Ariz. â€“ The U.S. Border Patrol says two men who escaped from a Colorado prison said they were Mexican immigrants who wanted to be deported when agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico bor...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial installed at park to honor Chicano rights activists

BOULDER – A memorial has been installed at Chautauqua Park in Boulder to remember six Chicano rights activists and students who were killed in two separate bombings days apart more than 40 y...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Task force on missing Native Americans resumes sessions

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address missing and slain Native Americans resumed tribal listening sessions Wednesday, encountering some tec...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Petrified Forest National Park to begin phased reopening

HOLBROOK, Ariz. – Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona is reopening some of its facilities and areas that have been closed to the public since March 24 because of the COVID...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s courts system to resume starting jury trials

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state court system plans in mid-June to resume starting jury trials that had been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension to be lifte...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amazon fulfillment center to bring jobs to Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – Construction has started on a Amazon fulfillment center that is expected to bring 1,000 full-time jobs to the region, company officials said. Amazon said Tuesday tha...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico governor slammed for buying jewelry amid closures

SANTA FE – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is facing criticism for a jewelry purchase from a store in Albuquerque that had closed its retail locations after she issued a public health...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

2 inmates escape prison camp in southern Colorado

PUEBLO – Authorities are looking for two inmates who escaped a minimum-security federal prison camp in southern Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports 35-year-old Jose Rodrigue...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News