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New Mexico governor seeks low-carbon fuel standard

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor on Monday renewed her call for state legislators in the major oil producing state to approve requirements for fuel producers to reduce greenhouse ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Albuquerque boy’s hit-and-run death prompts outcry over ATVs

ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque police are planning to address the issue of illegal all-terrain vehicles traveling on city streets in the wake of a boy's hit-and-run death. Police along with offic...

DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Salvation Army official: Theft of toys no victory for Grinch

FARMINGTON – Farmington-area residents of northern New Mexico donated gifts and money after somebody stole a Salvation Army van loaded with $6,000 worth of toys for children, a Salvation Arm...

DATE: Dec 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Van full of Christmas toys stolen in Farmington

FARMINGTON – Time is of the essence for the Salvation Army in New Mexico now that the Grinch has thrown a wrench into the group’s holiday toy program. A van loaded with $6,000 worth of toys ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado seeks to bolster fentanyl fight amid overdose crisis

DENVER – Colorado officials on Thursday announced legislation that would boost law enforcement resources to fight the distribution of fentanyl, part of efforts to stem an opioid crisis that ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico regulators deny utility’s exit from coal plant

SANTA FE – New Mexico regulators have denied a request by the state’s largest electric provider to divest itself from one of the Southwest’s few remaining coal-fired power plants by transfer...

DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado Rockies, plains pummeled by powerful wind storm

DENVER – High winds whipped across the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, knocking out power, closing roads and highways and forcing the cancellation or delay of hundreds of flights. The Nation...

DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Storm knocks out power to thousands of homes on Navajo, Hopi reservations

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Residents across the Navajo Nation were without power Wednesday after a storm that packed powerful wind moved across the region. Navajo Tribal Utility Authority spokeswo...

DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports its first case of the omicron variant

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Monday announced the state’s first identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant. Health officials said the case was identified Sunday an...

DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Trucker gets 110 years in prison for fatal Colorado pileup

GOLDEN – A truck driver who was convicted of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on Interstate 70 west of Denver was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison...

DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds: Fentanyl is the No. 1 drug driving Albuquerque crime

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say fentanyl is the No. 1 drug driving crime and violence in Albuquerque. Drug Enforcement Administration said agents seized 242 pounds of fentanyl in the past fisc...

DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Banksy creates T-shirt to help statue-toppling defendants

LONDON – Hundreds of people lined up Saturday in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy – a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over t...

DATE: Dec 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment