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Committee to examine Native American women’s deaths, disappearances

ALBUQUERQUE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed eight members to a task force established to examine the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women. She announced appo...

DATE: Oct 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawsuit seeks suspension of drilling permits

DENVER – A group opposed to hydraulic fracturing announced a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to halt new oil and gas drilling permits until updated regulations are in place. Colorado Ri...

DATE: Oct 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

California bans hotels from using tiny plastic bottles

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hotels in the nation’s most populous state will have to stop giving guests small plastic shampoo bottles under a new law set to take effect starting in 2023. ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

New York library exhibit to pay tribute to J.D. Salinger

NEW YORK – An upcoming exhibit at the New York Public Library will offer a look into the very private life of J.D. Salinger. From Oct. 18 to Jan. 20, 2020, the library will show m...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Bedbound and ‘bored stiff’ Ozzy Osbourne cancels tour dates

LOS ANGELES – Ozzy Osbourne is stuck at home with health woes, but plans to be back on track soon. Osbourne says in a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday that in a “bad fall” ear...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Colorado doctor challenges firing over assisted suicide

DENVER – A Colorado doctor fired after tying to help a terminally ill man obtain drugs to end his life has filed an updated lawsuit that challenges her firing by a Christian hospital company...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oil company lays off 178 workers, state government notified

GRAND JUNCTION – A Texas-based energy service provider has laid off 178 workers at its Colorado office saying it is a permanent employment loss. The Daily Sentinel reports that...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado agency opposes potential train route from Utah

CRAIG â€“ A Utah counties coalition has asked the federal government to pull a rail route from consideration after a Colorado agency expressed opposition. Craig Daily Press rep...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: New Mexico State sees jump in rapes, drug cases

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A new report says violent crimes are increasing at New Mexico State University. KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports that the university’s 2019 Annual Security Re...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hearing set in Santa Fe for activist accused of rape

SANTA FE – A court hearing Wednesday in Santa Fe is scheduled to determine whether an activist accused of recording sexual assaults of unconscious women on video will be released from jail o...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kurt Cobain’s ‘Unplugged’ sweater, guitar, head to auction

LOS ANGELES – The olive green cardigan that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s MTV “Unplugged” performance and one of the late rocker’s custom guitars are headed to auction. Julien...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Documents: New Mexico man shot infant, sought to kill mother

GALLUP, N.M. – A New Mexico man facing charges in connection with the shooting of an infant girl has admitted he accidentally fired the weapon, not the girl’s 3-year-old brother. ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News