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Navajo poet Jake Skeets wins Whiting Award

GALLUP, N.M. – Navajo poet Jake Skeets has been named one of the winners of this year’s Whiting Award. The Gallup Independent reports the Giles Whiting Foundation recently anno...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Air Force Academy eases restrictions after two suicides

COLORADO SPRINGS – Social distancing restrictions at the Air Force Academy have been relaxed after it reported two cadet suicides in less than a week after attempts to slow the spread of the...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe food bank gets donation from ‘Stranger Things’ star

SANTA FE – “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown is channeling her power for good for a New Mexico food bank. The actress posted on her Instagram on Sunday that she and her fa...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Florida sheriff seeking tips in ‘Tiger King’ mystery

TAMPA, Fla. – It might be the biggest diversion from the pandemic: binge-watching the luridly fascinating Netflix documentary “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.” Now a Flori...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

New Mexico official in video blames ‘Asians’ for virus

DEMING, N.M. – A southern New Mexico county official is under fire for posting a social media video casting blame for the novel coronavirus pandemic on “Asians.” Luna County Safet...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Man fatally shot during welfare check

ALBUQUERQUE – A man is dead after being shot by Albuquerque police after officers went to make a welfare check on the person. The Albuquerque Journal reports that police said t...

DATE: Mar 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain lion management plan sets goals for west Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – A draft plan by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department would maintain stable populations of mountain lions in western Colorado. The plan would establish a spe...