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Former longtime White Mountain Apache tribal chairman dies

WHITERIVER, Ariz. – A former longtime chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe has died at age 89. Tribal officials say Ronnie Lupe died Monday. Lupe served as the t...

Comedian Andy Dick reports attack in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – Comedian Andy Dick said he was assaulted outside a New Orleans nightclub after performing in the French Quarter. Dick tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advoca...

No carcinogens found in Denver university’s office building

DENVER – Officials say analysis has determined there were no carcinogens in a Metropolitan State University of Denver office after employees were diagnosed with cancer. The Den...

New Mexico man pleads guilty in Delaware swatting case

WILMINGTON, Del. – A New Mexico man has pleaded guilty to making interstate bomb threats against an elementary school and a Walmart in southern Delaware. Twenty-nine-year-old Step...

NCAA amends ‘Rich Paul Rule’ after criticism

Agents no longer require bachelor’s degree

FCC awards $2.5M to bring broadband to San Juan County, N.M.

ALBUQUERQUE – Rural and underserved communities in northern New Mexico will have access to internet service thanks to federal dollars. The Federal Communications Commission anno...

New Mexico confirms first human West Nile case

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials have confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus in the state. The Health Department said Monday a 42-year-old woman from Dona An...

FBI seek sex abuse suspect awaiting trial in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal authorities are searching for a defendant in a sexual abuse case who went missing from a halfway house in Albuquerque. FBI officials said Monday that Jan Jay...

Memorial service held for Colorado girl after remains found

GREELEY – Hundreds gathered in a Colorado church to remember a 12-year-old girl, whose remains were found last month more than three decades after her disappearance. The Gree...

Lawsuit pauses Forest Service’s logging project in Colorado

ASPEN – The U.S. Forest Service has put a logging project in Colorado on hold as it deals with a lawsuit. The Aspen Times reported Monday that the agency had authorized the pla...

Navajo Nation, Albuquerque sign deal to combat racism

GALLUP, N.M. – The nation’s largest Native American reservation and New Mexico’s largest city have signed an agreement aimed at protecting Navajo Nation members from discrimination. ...

1 of the missing ‘moon trees’ in New Mexico believed found

SANTA FE – Officials believe they may have found one of the missing trees planted in New Mexico from seeds taken to the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. KOAT-TV reports former N...