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Plan calls for diverting, storing water from Gila River

SILVER CITY, N.M. – Water from two rivers that span parts of New Mexico and Arizona would be diverted and stored under a project proposed by the New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity. ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Taylor Swift has canceled all shows, appearances for 2020

NEW YORK – Taylor Swift is canceling all of her performances and appearances for the rest of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic. “With many events throughout the world a...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music

National Hispanic Cultural Center gets leader after months

ALBUQUERQUE – A fine arts appraiser and consultant from Mexico City has been named the new executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico. The New Mexic...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mikaela Shiffrin to perform for Goggles for Docs

Colorado ski star to play guitar and sing

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Virus-stricken Avalanche players feeling better

Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said the three Avalanche players that tested positive for the novel coronavirus are feeling better. In a teleconference call Thursday, B...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Four Pueblo police officers cleared in fatal November shooting

PUEBLO – Four Pueblo police officers were cleared of any wrongdoing after they fatally shot a man in November, a district attorney’s office said. District Attorney Jeff Chostner s...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado skier killed in avalanche north of Silverthorne

SILVERTHORNE – Rescue crews in Colorado have said a backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche on Red Mountain near Silverthorne. The volunteers responded to the skier-triggered...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bald eagles, eaglets found nesting in arms of Arizona cactus

PHOENIX – For the first time in decades, bald eagles have been found nesting in an Arizona saguaro cactus. The Arizona Game and Fish Department revealed Wednesday that biologists ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Spring snowstorm in Wyoming, Colorado closes I-80

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A potent spring snowstorm closed a 250-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in Wyoming on Thursday. The Wyoming Department of Transportation didn’t expect the road betwe...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico diocese first to resume public U.S. Mass amid virus

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Las Cruces Diocese has lifted a ban on the public celebration of Mass, reversing a mandate to suspend most parish events to curb the spread of the coronavirus. ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Leader of armed border group sentenced on gun charge

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ The leader of an armed group that detained immigrants who were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into southern New Mexico has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for a federa...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group: Santa Fe homes on market hit record low

SANTA FE – Homes on the market hit a record low in New Mexico’s Capital amid a slowdown and the spread of COVID-19. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the number of single-family ho...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business