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US Border Patrol checkpoints in New Mexico reopen

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints in New Mexico have reopened. The Border Patrol announced Tuesday that the inland checkpoints that were closed earlier this year...

Colorado deputy wounded during burglary call

SAN LUIS – A police officer in southern Colorado is hospitalized in stable condition after being shot multiple times while responding to a burglary call. The Costilla County Sheri...

Body found in Rocky Mountain Park believed to be Greeley man

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Authorities say a body discovered in the northern part of Rocky Mountain National Park is believed to be a Greeley man missing since Sunday. Search ...

Encore! New ‘Angelina Ballerina’ books in the works

NEW YORK – The beloved “Angelina Ballerina” picture books series is getting an encore. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced Monday that a reissue of the original book,...

Belgian cyclist dies after crash in Tour of Poland

Bjorg Lambrecht was promising cyclist

New Mexico house speaker eyes special session over terrorism

SANTA FE – New Mexico House Speaker Brian Egolf is calling for a special session that would focus on legislation aimed at combating potential domestic terrorism in the border state. ...

Navajo weavings donated to Farmington Museum

FARMINGTON – A museum in northwestern New Mexico will be receiving hundreds of Navajo weavings from the estate of former Farmington Mayor Robert Culpepper. The Farmington Museum a...

Las Cruces to digitize permanent museum collection

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A southern New Mexico city will be able to digitize its permanent museum collection with the help of a $50,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation American Art Program. ...

EPA official defends work on New Mexico contamination issue

ALBUQUERQUE – An official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says he hopes posturing by public officials in New Mexico won’t derail work being done by federal and state teams to b...

New Mexico judge broadens medical marijuana program

SANTA FE – A New Mexico judge has ordered state officials to issue identification cards for the medical marijuana program to all qualifying patients, including people who live outside the st...

Longtime Colorado reporter John Ensslin dies at 65

DENVER – John Ensslin, a longtime Colorado reporter and a former president of the Society of Professional Journalists, has died. He was 65. Colorado Politics, where Ensslin worked...

Group protests at Denver-area immigration detention center

AURORA – Activists protested at an immigration detention center in suburban Denver where a group of people last month replaced the American flag out front with a Mexican flag. Org...