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Republicans want state budget surplus returned to taxpayers

SANTA FE – State lawmakers in the Republican minority are crafting a proposal that would return some of the state’s budget surplus to taxpayers rather than spend it on government programs an...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado board revokes dragging-death inmate’s early release

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado prison alternatives board has revoked an early release decision to a woman serving 20 years in prison in the death of a tow truck driver dragged by her vehicle....

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque firefighters find dead body of a man in home

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque said a man has been found dead inside a back garage of a home that burned. City firefighters pulled the body out Tuesday afternoon. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Will Perkins, a leading voice for Colorado’s Amendment 2, dies at 91

COLORADO SPRINGS – Will Perkins, an advocate of a state anti-gay rights amendment that triggered a nationwide boycott of Colorado in the 1990s, has died. He was 91. The Gazette...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Passenger killed in New Mexico crash identified as Colorado man

SANTA FE â€“ A passenger killed in a Sept. 26 plane crash in northern New Mexico has been identified as Eric Page, 29, of Littleton, Colorado. He was identified by state Office of...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police kill person who stole officer’s car in Denver

DENVER – Denver police shot and killed a person after they say the victim stole a police officer’s vehicle and pointed a rifle at officers. Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said the...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

University of New Mexico dean proposes free medical school

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ A University of New Mexico dean has announced plans to ask the state to fund full-ride scholarships to medical students who commit to practicing within the state. ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado female student stabs another high school student

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado authorities have arrested a female juvenile suspected of stabbing another student at a high school. Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports that Grand J...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hemp delivery driver arrested in SD indicted on drug charges

RAPID CITY, S.D. – A Colorado man who said he was delivering hemp to Minnesota when he was arrested in South Dakota has been indicted by a grand jury after his load tested positive for THC, ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado prison guard pleads not guilty in shooting

AURORA – A former Colorado Department of Corrections officer has pleaded not guilty after authorities say he fatally shot a man after a dispute about fireworks. The Aurora Sent...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposal in owl case allows for cutting of U.S. Capitol tree

ALBUQUERQUE – It will be up to a federal judge whether to sign off on a proposed order that would clear the way for a tree to be cut and displayed outside the U.S. Capitol building over the ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 years later, Legislature gives ethical advice to member

SANTA FE – It has taken three years for the New Mexico Legislature to answer a request for advice about ethical conduct by one of its members. A legislative ethics panel on Monday...

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News