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Study: Albuquerque needs about 500 new homeless shelter beds

ALBUQUERQUE – A new report has shown the city of Albuquerque needs about 500 new beds to accommodate all of the adults who are sleeping on the streets, in parks and other unsheltered locatio...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Strong winds prevent World Cup slalom in France

VAL D’ISERE, France – Organizers of the Alpine World Cup canceled a men’s slalom on Saturday due to strong winds and rescheduled it for one day later. The International Ski Federa...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Prosecutors drop official misconduct case against Eagle County sheriff

VAIL – Prosecutors have filed a motion to dismiss a misdemeanor official misconduct case against a Colorado sheriff. The Vail Daily reports that in a motion to dismiss, special...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man gets 96 years for killing 2 young siblings

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs man who stabbed his two young siblings to death has been sentenced to 96 years in prison. The Gazette reports 22-year-old Malik Murphy was...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court overturns drug conviction on surveillance grounds

COLORADO SPRINGS – In 2015, Colorado Springs police placed a camera atop a utility pole to monitor a suspected drug stash house over a three-month period. Then they got a warrant ...

DATE: Dec 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico zoo cares for endangered Mexican gray wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque’s zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year. ABQ BioPark officials say the pup has grown over...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Land management relocation plan to receive further scrutiny

GRAND JUNCTION – A federal oversight office will look into a plan to relocate Bureau of Land Management jobs to Colorado and other western states, officials said. The Government A...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-teacher in Aztec may plead guilty in New Mexico statutory rape

AZTEC – A former New Mexico high school teacher accused of statutory rape involving an underage student is expected to plead guilty to a felony sex charge. James Dee Coulter is sc...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fowl move: Stolen chicken returned to elementary students

ALBUQUERQUE – A school chicken stolen from a New Mexico elementary’s coop has been returned unharmed. KOB-TV reports the chicken, Polka Dot, was returned to the students of Hodgin...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pleads guilty in death of Navajo Nation police officer

ALBUQUERQUE – The man accused of gunning down a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy sentenced for fatal crash

COLORADO SPRINGS – A former sheriff’s deputy in El Paso County has been sentenced to 60 days in jail or on work release for a July 2018 chain-reaction crash that killed an elderly couple and...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ed McCaffrey hired as Northern Colorado head football coach

Former Broncos great goes from high school to college ranks

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports