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Homes evacuated by wildfire burning in Colorado mountains

SILVERTHORNE – The residents of several hundred homes have been evacuated or warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire burning in Colorado’s north-central mountains. Evacuations were...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Family files lawsuit over deadly balloon crash in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The family of a passenger on a hot air balloon that crashed and killed five people in Albuquerque in June is suing the estate of the dead pilot and the companies that operated...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Official: New Mexico ranchers capture Texas homicide suspect

ROSWELL, N.M. – A manhunt for a Texas homicide suspect ended Tuesday in rural southeastern New Mexico when ranchers detained the man at gunpoint and handed him over to sheriff’s deputies, a ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Lawsuit by Colorado police officer fired in photo scandal is dismissed

DENVER – A lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver police officer for his firing over a photo re-enacting a chokehold like the one used on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died in ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 20 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 20 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases fr...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Girl wasn’t buckled in before fatal theme park fall

DENVER – A 6-year-old Colorado girl who died in a fall from a theme park ride this month wasn’t wearing the seat belts, and operators of the vertical drop ride didn’t properly check the res...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

4 accused of plotting school attack on Columbine anniversary

DUNMORE, Pa. – Four teenagers have been charged with a plot to attack a Pennsylvania high school in 2024, on the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School, author...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airman charged with murder accused of trying to cover tracks

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A U.S. Air Force airman on trial on charges of kidnapping a Mennonite woman in New Mexico, fatally shooting her and dumping her body in northern Arizona, had tried unsucc...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe mayor attacks rival for ‘no’ vote on mask ordinance

SANTA FE – Recriminations about face-mask mandates are creating new tension between Democratic candidates in the election campaign for mayor in Santa Fe. In a flyer distributed by mail Frida...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado woman charged with killing stepson will stand trial

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday after reviewing evidence in the case. Authorities allege that Letec...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. government released projections Wednesday that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West.

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Pilot in deadly balloon crash had drugs in system

ALBUQUERQUE – A report from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in New Mexico in June had marijuana and cocaine in his system. Pilot Nichol...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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