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New Mexico agency investigating killing of bear near Taos

TAOS – New Mexico authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a bear with arrows along a road near Taos. Game and Fish Department spokesman James Pitman told the Albuquerque Journal ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Dolphin Tale’ fans mourn death of film’s star Winter at 16

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Amy Carmichael lives more than 4,000 miles from the Florida aquarium that housed Winter, the “Dolphin Tale” movie star with a prosthetic tail that died this week at 16. Bu...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Eunice moves ahead with desalination project

EUNICE, N.M. – One southeastern New Mexico city is taking another step forward as it looks for an “unlimited” source of water. Eunice City Council recently voted to have a Hobbs-based engin...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Hopis re-elect chairman, vote out incumbent vice chairman

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – The chairman of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona has won another term in office and will have a new vice chairman, according to unofficial results from Thursday's ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials: Colorado could see record COVID-19 hospitalizations

DENVER – Colorado plans to expand hospital capacity and staffing amid an ongoing surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations that could surpass a record high for the state set in 2020, Gov. Jared Pol...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some Denver area schools close, go remote due to shortages

DENVER – Some Denver area schools are switching to remote learning or canceling classes this week because of staffing shortages. Schools in the Adams 14, Boulder Valley and Adams 12 Five Sta...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico considers hourly $15 minimum for state workers

SANTA FE – Momentum appears to be building behind proposals to lift minimum pay in New Mexico state government to $15 an hour for at least 1,200 public workers who make less than that, amid ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Albuquerque marks 101st homicide in 2021, a record

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has now surpassed 100 homicides since the start of the year. A man officers found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Sunday night near Mountain Road...

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

UNM disenrolling 256 students for shirking vaccine mandate

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico is disenrolling 256 students from classes for not complying with university’s requirement for vaccination against COVID-19. University spokeswoman ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

FBI seeks hold-up suspect in ‘New Mexico Lobos’ sweatshirt

ALBUQUERQUE – FBI agents are local police searching for a suspect who tried to rob a credit union in Albuquerque while wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt with “New Mexico Lobos” on the front....

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado woman accused of killing stepson pleads not guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and a dozen other charges. Letecia Stauch was in court for...

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington hospital getting assistance because of COVID-19 surge

FARMINGTON – State and federal health agencies are sending 70 caregivers to San Juan Regional Medical Center because of a surge in COVID-19 patients in the northwestern corner of New Mexico ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico