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Polis helps launch ballot campaign to amend TABOR

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis joined the launch of a campaign urging Colorado voters to approve a November ballot measure that would let the state keep future excess tax revenue to spend it on s...

Albuquerque mayor: Crime figures show need for state help

ALBUQUERQUE – FBI figures show New Mexico’s 2018 violent crime rate was more than double the national rate. Figures released this week show Albuquerque accounted for 60% of total ...

Man sentenced to seven years for Colorado marijuana grows

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for growing thousands of marijuana plants in Rifle and in Southwest Colorado. The Glenwood Spring...

New Mexico reports season’s first confirmed flu cases

SANTA FE – Health officials have confirmed the first flu cases of the season in New Mexico. The state health department reports all five cases involve adults: three cases in Sando...

New Mexico man accused of biting police dog after ax attack

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing charges after authorities say he bit a police dog after an alleged ax attack. The Albuquerque Journal reports Chris Gavaldon was a...

City: New Mexico house stunk up town, costing thousands

EUNICE, N.M. – A house in southeastern New Mexico severely damaged by a sewer backup while vacant is continuing to leave a stench financially. The Hobbs News-Sun reports offici...

Ponzi scheme settlement ends federal investigation in Denver

DENVER – A Denver man has agreed to settle with federal officials after convincing investors to give him tens of millions of dollars in a cattle and marijuana Ponzi scheme. The...

FBI offers up to $20K reward in New Mexico cold case

ALBUQUERQUE – The FBI is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to the whereabouts of a New Mexico teenager who disappeared more than three decades ago. T...

Rockies focused on rebound, not future of Nolan Arenado

Arenado’s future not on minds of front office leaders

Trailblazer of New Mexico chile industry to be honored

ALBUQUERQUE – A researcher seen as a pioneer of New Mexico’s chile pepper industry is being honored by the National Agricultural Center. The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday...

Mom sentenced in deaths of 2 girls banished by doomsday cult in Norwood

TELLURIDE – A Colorado woman has received life in prison without parole in the deaths of her daughters who were banished to a car without food or water by members of a doomsday religious gro...

Denver OK’s settlement with journalist detained by police

DENVER – Denver’s city council has approved a $50,000 settlement with a journalist who was handcuffed and detained by police after she photographed them standing around a naked, handcuffed m...