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9-year-old boy catches massive blue catfish in New Mexico

ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. – He caught a fish “this” big. No, really. A 9-year-old New Mexico boy landed a 42-pound blue catfish Sunday evening while fishing in the Elephant Butte Reser...

Police find 26 children behind false wall at Colorado day care

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police who went to a day care after receiving complaints that the business was housing more children than its license allowed say they found 26 children behind a false wal...

Border Patrol agent shoots Russian man in Arizona

LUKEVILLE, Ariz. – The U.S. Border Patrol says an agent shot and wounded a Russian man suspected of crossing the border illegally in Arizona. The agency said Friday the man was ...

New Mexico sees third suspected case of botulism in 2019

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials are investigating the third suspected case of botulism this year. The department said Friday that a patient hospitalized in Albuquerque...

New Mexico lawmakers discuss building United soccer stadium

New Mexico ponders building facility in Albuquerque

Former Rep. Coffman elected city mayor by slim margin

AURORA – City officials in Aurora have announced that former Republican Congressman Mike Coffman has narrowly won a five-way mayoral race. The Aurora Sentinel reported Thursd...

Palisade High School closes after hundreds report sick

PALISADE – A western Colorado high school is closed after 300 students and staff came down with an unknown illness. Colorado Public Radio reports that Palisade High School closed ...

Police put down cub accidentally injured at Colorado mall

SNOWMASS – Police in a Colorado mountain village had to put down a bear cub after an officer accidentally injured it while trying to chase it away from a snack delivery left unattended outsi...

Connor McDavid scores hat trick, Oilers cruise past Avalanche

Burakovsky scores twice, Avs winning streak stopped

Broncos among 11 teams to attend Kaepernick workout

NEW YORK – The NFL said Thursday that 11 teams have committed to attending Colin Kaepernick’s workout in Atlanta this weekend and that more teams are expected to attend the former NFL quarte...

Colorado school district pays $5M to sexual abuse victim

DENVER – Attorneys for a former student who was sexually abused by her elementary school teacher said the Colorado school district has paid her a $5 million settlement. Attorneys ...

Three deputies off the job after suspect punched in head

GREELEY – Three Colorado sheriff’s deputies are no longer on the job after one of them punched a teenage suspect in the back of the head. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams announced...