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Autopsy shows mother, son died in murder-suicide in park

FORT COLLINS – Autopsy results indicate that a woman shot and killed her 17-month-old son in Rocky Mountain National Park before killing herself, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office said Mon...

Sheriff in New Mexico to create intelligence division

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – An intelligence division in Las Cruces is expected to consolidate information from federal databases to pursue criminal trends in the county, a county sheriff in New Mexic...

International Cycling Union cancels race in China due to virus

Race was scheduled for Feb. 23-March 1

Arizona, California cases push U.S. tally of new virus to 5

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new virus from China, all among people who traveled to the city at the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. ...

Woman, son found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park ID’d

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Investigators have identified a suicidal mother and her 17-month-old son who were found dead in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Park offici...

Colorado police arrest man suspected in officer’s shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police arrested a man suspected of shooting a Colorado Springs police officer earlier this month, authorities said. Randy Bishop, 35, was arrested Sunday and ch...

Colorado officials name D.C. man as snowmobile crash victim

ASPEN – A Washington, D.C., man died in a snowmobile crash on the backside of Aspen Mountain, Colorado authorities said. John Boyd, 40, died in the accident reported to emergency ...

New Mexico may extend tax credit to non-citizens

SANTA FE – Activists for immigrant communities are pushing for legislation that allows New Mexico residents without Social Security numbers to qualify for state tax credits aimed at workin...

Sheriff: 2nd inmate arrested after small jail escape in Colorado

WALSENBURG – The second of two inmates who escaped from a jail in a small Colorado town by locking a guard in a cell was arrested Sunday night, the Custer County Sheriff’s Office said. ...

Emu back in Las Cruces home after being gone 3 months

LAS CRUCES, N.M.– A former state lawmaker’s emu that has been missing since Thanksgiving is safely back at its home near Las Cruces. Former state Rep. Brad Cates learned his emu h...

Colorado sets record low with 2.5% unemployment in December

DENVER – Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 2.5% in December, the lowest level in at least 44 years. An unemployment rate of 2.6% in October and November t...

Western New Mexico county developing DWI drug court

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico county is developing a new court aimed at helping people convicted of drunken driving and drug offenses, officials announced. McKinley County M...