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Hot air balloons return to desert skies after virus hiatus

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is returning after a pandemic hiatus with plans to launch about 540 hot air balloons in a stunning visual spectacle. The nine-day ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Wildfire in Colorado mountains spreads but not toward homes

SILVERTHORNE – A wildfire that has forced the evacuation of homes in Colorado’s north-central mountains has grown but has not spread toward residential areas, officials said. Evacuations we...

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge dismisses challenge to Denver's vaccine mandate

DENVER – A judge on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by a group of Denver police officers to block the city’s vaccine mandate a day before it’s set to take effect. In a lawsuit filed last week...

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the second consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 33...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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

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