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University of New Mexico provost warns against faculty union

ALBUQUERQUE – The provost of New Mexico’s largest university says he is against a faculty union and is warning against its creation, The Albuquerque Journal reports University of ...

NFL Roundup: Ravens rout Dolphins

Jacksonville, Fla. – Despite losing star receiver Tyreek Hill early, Patrick Mahomes threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a testy and tactful 40-2...

San Juan County, N.M., using app to battle illegal dumping

FARMINGTON, N.M. – A northwestern New Mexico county is hoping to fight illegal trash dumping with a new mobile app. San Juan County recently released the Clean Up San Juan app thr...

Police in Colorado arrest eight boys for SUV theft, other crimes

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police in Colorado arrested eight boys they say took part in stealing and crashing a sport-utility vehicle and committing several other crimes. Colorado Springs...

Utility moving ahead with plans for Colorado wind farm

DENVER – A utility company is moving ahead with plans for a wind energy project on the eastern Colorado plains. Xcel Energy-Colorado plans to complete the 500-megawatt Cheyenne ...

Colorado doctor to settle opioid wrongful death lawsuit

DENVER – A Denver doctor has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit that claimed he caused a mother’s fatal overdose by prescribing too many medications. ...

White Sands to hold Oct. 5 open house at nuclear bomb site

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico has scheduled an Oct. 5 open house at Trinity Site, the second of two such events planned this year. ...

Man sentenced in ax killing of Lincoln County ranch worker

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A man who killed a Ruidoso-area ranch worker with an ax two years ago will spend the next 45 years in prison. Prosecutors in Otero County said Friday that 28-ye...

Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked San Francisco street

SAN FRANCISCO – Thousands of tourists could soon be forced to make reservations and pay to drive the famous crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco. California lawmakers approved ...

Sheriff: Country singer Kylie Rae Harris caused deadly crash

TAOS, N.M. – Country singer Kylie Rae Harris caused a three-vehicle crash in northern New Mexico that left her and a 16-year-old girl dead, authorities said. Taos County Sheriff J...

Schools in New Mexico limit Spanish conquistador visits

Move made after protests from Native Americans

15-year-old in northwestern New Mexico dies from hantavirus

SANTA FE – Hantavirus has killed a teenager in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Health said Friday the death of a 15-year-old McKinley County boy is the third ca...