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Man who fell from New Mexico sports skybox, son get payouts

SANTA FE – A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

‘Into the Wild’ bus on display during preservation work

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A bus that people sometimes embarked on deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry to visit can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it underg...

DATE: Oct 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Colorado judge charged with felony menacing loses leadership job

DENVER – A Colorado state judge was removed from his leadership position after being charged with felony menacing on Saturday. Judge Mark Thompson, the chief judge for the 5th Judicial Distr...

DATE: Oct 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘The Batman’ trailer unveils Pattinson in dark, violent turn

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warner Bros. has unveiled its trailer for “The Batman,” which features Robert Pattinson’s first bone-crunching turn as a DC Comics superhero. The trailer unveiled Saturd...

DATE: Oct 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

FDA panel endorses lower-dose Moderna COVID shot for booster

U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago should get a half-dose booster to rev up protection against the coronav...

DATE: Oct 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Health

Pilot killed in small plane crash in western Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – Authorities say one person was killed in a small plane crash in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports search crews with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office found ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Same-day registration unavailable on Election Day

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico officials say voters who show up at polling places to register to vote on Nov. 2 for municipal elections will be out of luck. This year, New Mexico began allowing vo...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico professor against vax, mask mandates fired

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico State University professor who publicly opposed campus vaccine and mask mandates will no longer be teaching there. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Davi...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Elk roaming Colorado with tire around neck for 2 years freed

PINE — Wildlife officials in Colorado say an elusive elk that has been wandering the hills with a car tire around its neck for at least two years has finally been freed of the obstruction. T...

DATE: Oct 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor settles harassment claim for $150K

SANTA FE – The final price tag for a settlement reached by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and a former campaign spokesman to settle accusations of harassment is now $150,000. The la...

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

West Nile virus cases climbing in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS – West Nile virus infections and deaths are both up in Colorado from last year, and there have been more cases so far than at any point since 2016, according to data from th...

DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Salmonella outbreak tied to seafood sickens 82 in Colorado

DENVER – A salmonella outbreak tied to seafood that Denver-based Northeast Seafood Products Inc. processed or manufactured has sickened at least 82 Coloradans in 14 counties. Of 102 people i...