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Teacher salaries, school funding get boosts in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Legislation that responds to a lawsuit by raising public school salaries and increasing annual spending on public education by nearly a half-billion dollars has been signed New Me...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Falling snow suspected of causing Colorado gas explosion

BRECKENRIDGE – Firefighters suspect falling snow and ice caused a natural gas explosion at a home in Colorado’s mountains. The explosion and resulting fire destroyed the home in B...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Critics of New Mexico gun law renew call for referendum

SANTA FE – Critics are reviving their challenge of a new gun control measure by trying to put the issue on a ballot for voters to decide. Opponents have filed an amended petition ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah names Gila monster as its official state reptile

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has named a venomous lizard with black and yellow bead-like scales as its state reptile. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into law last week that a...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Swedish superstars ABBA: New song later this year

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says fans can expect a new song “in September or October” from the four-member Swedish pop group that broke up 37 years ago. Ulvaeus tol...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Eagles to perform ‘Hotel California’ album in its entirety

LAS VEGAS – The Eagles will perform their 1976 “Hotel California” album in its entirety in concert for the first time. Live Nation says it will take place Sept. 27 and 28 at MGM G...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Sex-abuse trial of fugitive priest tests federal reach

SANTA FE – A Roman Catholic priest is being tried on federal charges that he sexually abused a New Mexico boy in the early 1990s at an Air Force base and veterans’ cemetery before fleeing th...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

ACLU pushes for criminal record expungements in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Advocates for criminal justice reform are urging Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to sign legislation that would allow for people to have certain arrests or convictions removed from...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bills in Congress would implement drought plan in West

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Two members of Arizona’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Tuesday on a plan to address a shrinking supply of water from a river that serves 40 million peopl...

DATE: Apr 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico scraps Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

SANTA FE – New Mexico is doing away with Columbus Day in favor of a holiday honoring Native Americans. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday signed legislation that creates Indig...

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah names Gila monster as its official state reptile

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah has named a venomous lizard with black and yellow bead-like scales as its state reptile. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into a law last week that...

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Russell Westbrook records historic triple-double

Thunder guard dedicates game to Nipsey Hussle

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

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