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Change in Bandelier’s status could lead to problems, group says

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – A conservation group is calling on members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation to rethink proposed legislation that would change the designation of Bandelier National...

New Mexico counties partner to house juvenile defendants

AZTEC – The San Juan County Juvenile Detention Center will soon house youths from two more New Mexico counties as options for some counties shrink. The county commission this week...

Authorities suspend search for missing Colorado boy

DENVER – Authorities have suspended their search in southern Douglas County for an 11-year-old boy who has been missing for more than three weeks. Jacqueline Kirby, a spokeswoman ...

Yeshaneh sets world record in half marathon in Nike shoes

RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates – Ababel Yeshaneh set a world record in the women’s half marathon on Friday in the latest breakthrough by athletes wearing high-tech Nike shoes. ...

Gut-Behrami ends 2-year wait for win in a World Cup downhill

Former teenage prodigy has largest margin of victory in downhill this season

Ex-deputy gets seven years for drug trafficking in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge sentenced a former Colfax County sheriff’s deputy to seven years in prison for drug trafficking and theft in New Mexico while in uniform, wearing a badge and driving a ...

Florida truck driver pleads guilty to 1980 Colorado killing

CASTLE ROCK – A Florida truck driver who was arrested after DNA tied him the killing of a Denver radio station intern nearly 40 years ago pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder. ...

Uncounted 2019 ballots found in western Colorado county

GRAND JUNCTION – An elections clerk in a western Colorado county found nearly 600 ballots for the November 2019 election that went uncollected – and uncounted, she reported this week. ...

Arvada police shoot and kill man who fatally stabbed woman

ARVADA – Law enforcement officers in suburban Denver shot and killed a man early Friday after he apparently fatally stabbed a woman and tried to prevent officers from entering an apartment t...

Navajo Nation, San Juan County to pursue freight railroad

FARMINGTON – The Navajo Nation and New Mexico’s San Juan County have entered into an agreement to pursue a freight railroad to serve the Four Corners. Thursday’s agreement means c...

Wildlife managers investigate deaths of 3 Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – State and federal wildlife managers are investigating the death of three endangered Mexican gray wolves found last month in Arizona. Officials with the wolf recovery...

Woman in court, man arrested in shooting in Colorado store

BROOMFIELD – A 21-year-old woman appeared in court Wednesday and a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting incident inside a Walmart in Broomfield. Alyssa Borquez was ...