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Government transfers land for more border wall

PHOENIX – The Department of the Interior says it is transferring 560 acres of federal land to the U.S. Army to speed up construction on 70 miles of border wall in West Texas, California and ...

New Mexico pueblos to get funding for library services

ALBUQUERQUE – More than a dozen New Mexico pueblos are being awarded grants to expand and create library services. Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation say the pueblos...

Police: Man awaiting auto theft trial found in stolen truck

GALLUP, N.M. – Authorities say a New Mexico man with three pending auto theft cases was recently arrested – again – for driving a stolen vehicle. The Gallup Independent reports...

Deputies injured during gunfire while conducting drug raid

ALBUQUERQUE – Bernalillo County sheriff’s officials say two deputies suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening as shots were fired from inside an Albuquerque-area home during a drug ra...

Virtual reality used to highlight uranium contamination on Navajo Nation

GALLUP, N.M. – Activists are using virtual reality technology to focus on areas of the Navajo Nation affected by uranium contamination. The arts collective Bombshelltoe has collec...

Denver will consider $15 an hour minimum wage by 2021

DENVER – Denver’s mayor is proposing to set a $15 an hour minimum wage in the city by 2021. The Denver Post reports Mayor Michael Hancock and Councilwoman Robin Kneich will for...

Hunter recovering after grizzly attacks in Montana mountains

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana officials say a Washington state man remains in stable condition and two New Mexico men have been treated and released after back-to-back grizzly bear attacks in the...

Audit blasts Colorado civil rights division on transparency

DENVER – The state auditor’s office has found that Colorado’s Civil Rights Division investigates discrimination complaints too slowly and that its Civil Rights Commission operates without tr...

Girl found dead in 2016 in Texas may be from Arizona

MADISONVILLE, Texas – The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said a girl whose remains were found three years ago in a suitcase along a Texas pasture was likely from Southeast ...

U.S. women’s soccer to end 2019 against Sweden, Costa Rica

CHICAGO – The Women’s World Cup champion U.S. team will wrap up 2019 with matches against Sweden and Costa Rica. U.S. Soccer announced Wednesday that the U.S. will face Sweden in ...

Louisville settles a suit with Rick Pitino

Former coach ready for a ‘new chapter’

Police: New Mexico child dies after being left in vehicle

HOBBS, N.M. – A New Mexico woman has been charged in the death of a toddler who was left in a vehicle. Investigators with the Hobbs Police Department say Tammy Brooks was supposed...