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‘Good Times’ Ja’Net DuBois dies; co-wrote ‘Jeffersons’ theme

LOS ANGELES – Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. DuBois’ song “Mov...

Police: No injuries as gunfire exchanged in Colorado Walmart

BROOMFIELD – A man and a woman exchanged gunfire Tuesday inside a suburban Denver Walmart, panicking shoppers and triggering a swarming police response, police said. No one was hu...

New Mexico State turns focus to fraternities, sororities

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University is starting a new initiative focused on the health, safety and well-being of students involved in fraternity and sorority life. Sc...

Man arrested in death of young boy at Albuquerque apartment

ALBUQUERQUE – Police say they’ve arrested a man suspected in the death of a young boy at a southeast Albuquerque apartment complex last year. They say Zerrick Marquez was taken in...

New Mexico House opts to limit trafficking of wildlife parts

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers have approved legislation that establishes penalties for people who knowingly buy or sell endangered wildlife parts and products. The measure won f...

Deming schools superintendent named as NMSU regent

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A Deming school administrator is New Mexico State University’s newest regent. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that Arsenio Romero, the Deming Public Schools ...

Sanders targets Bloomberg spending at Colorado rally

DENVER – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he wants to bring an end to a system in which billionaires can buy elections. Sanders referred to rival Michael Bloo...

USS Arizona crew member, Pearl Harbor survivor dies age 97

COLORADO SPRINGS – One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Donald Stratton passed away at his Colorado Springs home in his ...

Report: Farmington ex-mall employee knocked out former boss

FARMINGTON – A former mall employee in northwestern New Mexico is facing charges after authorities say he knocked out his former boss and broke his nose. Court documents show that...

Diocese of Gallup to sell historic school property in uproar

GALLUP, N.M. – The Diocese of Gallup has announced it will sell the property of the historic Sacred Heart School to a secular charter school. The Gallup Independent reports wor...

Searchers recover bodies of 2 killed in Colorado avalanche

VAIL – Searchers have recovered the bodies of two Colorado men who died after being caught in a weekend avalanche in central Colorado, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported Sund...

Santa Fe officials want daily flights to LA amid film boom

SANTA FE – Economic development officials are seeking the return of daily flights between Santa Fe and Los Angeles to support the ongoing growth of film production in New Mexico’s capital ci...