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Roswell police arrest a suspect in shooting death of woman

ROSWELL, N.M. – Police say they’ve arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a woman in west Roswell. They say 20-year-old Alessandro Alva was taken into custody Sunday night on...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s journalism department to lose accreditation

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico’s Department of Communication and Journalism soon will no longer be accredited by an outside agency that evaluates the nation’s journalism departme...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Donor to pay overtime costs linked to Pence’s Colorado visit

ASPEN – An anonymous donor has pledged to pay overtime costs of Colorado public safety personnel connected to Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to a ski town earlier this month. P...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Police switch to encrypted radio transmissions

DENVER – The Denver Police Department has started using encrypted transmissions to block public access to its communications. The Denver Post reports the department began using...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some in New Mexico vow to fight prairie chicken lawsuit

ROSWELL, N.M. – Officials in southeastern New Mexico say they won’t stop fighting to keep the lesser prairie chicken off the federal protected list despite a pending federal lawsuit. ...

DATE: Jul 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Autopsy points to trauma, hypothermia in hiker’s death in national park

FORT COLLINS – An autopsy report says a New Jersey man died from blunt force trauma, hypothermia or a combination of both while he was hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. T...