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5 young people wounded near party in suburban Denver; 3rd shooting in two weeks

AURORA – Police are investigating whether a shooting that wounded five young people in suburban Denver was connected to a party nearby. Five males between the ages of 16 and 20 went to the h...

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 50 new virus cases, no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) – The Navajo Nation on Friday reported 50 new coronavirus cases but added no new deaths after tallying 12 fatalities in the previous two daily reports. The total numb...

DATE: Nov 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Omar remarks

DENVER – Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. In h...

DATE: Nov 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: District Attorney’s Office off case after Farmington Police recorded defendant’s call with attorney

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico judge has ruled that a district attorney’s office must be replaced as prosecutors in a homicide case in which Farmington police violated the defendant’s constitutio...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Appeals court: Albuquerque ordinance violates First Amendment

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that an Albuquerque ordinance aimed at curbing panhandling in certain places wasn’t sufficiently narrow to av...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Xcel files plan to close coal-fired power plant in Pueblo

DENVER – Xcel Energy has proposed a tentative agreement to close Colorado’s largest coal-fired power plant by 2035, well ahead of its original retirement date of 2070, as regulators consider...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hiker finds remains of fourth, final victim of Colorado flood

FORT COLLINS – A hiker found the remains of the fourth and final person who died during flooding and mudslides in an area of northern Colorado that was burned by a massive wildfire, authorit...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver imposes mask mandate in indoor public places

DENVER – Denver is joining other nearby counties in imposing a mask mandate in public places, a move which officials said Tuesday was needed to prevent the region’s hospital system from coll...

DATE: Nov 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 teens arrested in shooting at suburban Denver high school

AURORA – Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper re...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico foresees robust growth in state government income

SANTA FE – Forecasts for state government income have increased slightly as New Mexico legislators prepare to meet in January to craft a general fund budget. The state’s top taxation officia...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Risk of quakes caused by oil, gas in New Mexico rising

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Multiple earthquakes were felt earlier this fall in West Texas, leading regulators in that state to designate a seismic response area and call for less wastewater from oil...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Police: 3 students shot in Denver-area school parking lot

AURORA – Three students were shot Friday during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, the police chief said, only days after six teenagers from a nearby...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News