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ABQ BioPark welcomes new baby hippo

ALBUQUERQUE – The ABQ BioPark has a new family member. Zoo officials announced this week that Karen, a 19-year-old Nile hippopotamus, gave birth to a healthy baby on Monday. The zoo did not...

DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico sees rise in COVID-19 cases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is seeing a noticeable uptick in COVID-19 cases and vaccinations have slowed despite continued pressure by state health officials to get more people inoculated.

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man wounded in fourth police shooting in Aurora this month

AURORA – A man believed to be a suspect in a domestic violence incident was wounded by police in Aurora on Tuesday in the fourth police shooting in the Denver suburb this month. The unident...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff says 1 dead after flooding in northern Colorado

RUSTIC – One person has been found dead and two other people may be missing after flooding and mudslides in northern Colorado, according to the area’s sheriff. One body was found Tuesday nig...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Authorities search for 3 swept away after Albuquerque storm

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities were searching for three people who were swept into an arroyo after storms hit Albuquerque. The search was a recovery mission, not a rescue, AFR Lt. Tom Ruiz told ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navajo Nation: 17 new COVID cases, no deaths third day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the third consecutive day. The latest numbers brought the total number of coron...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man drowns when storm capsizes canoe in Minnesota

ELY, Minn. – A Colorado man has drowned after a severe storm moving through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota capsized his canoe, sheriff’s officials said T...

DATE: Jul 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Las Cruces lawmaker says politics led to denial of Communion

SANTA FE – A New Mexico lawmaker says he was denied Communion by his local Catholic priest because of his politics. Democratic state Sen. Joseph Cervantes said Monday that he has been treate...

DATE: Jul 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado man convicted of killing driver during speeding livestream

BRIGHTON – A man has been convicted of vehicular homicide after prosecutors say he hit a car while driving around 120 mph during a Facebook livestream showing him speeding. A jury in Adams C...

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico is 2nd state to make gas stations liable for DUI

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gas stations have a legal obligation not to sell fuel to drivers who are believed to be intoxicated, the New Mexico Supreme Court said Monday in a decision that could have far-reaching effects on businesses and that only one other state applies so strictly.

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Arizona governor declares emergency after Flagstaff floods

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A northern Arizona city was hit a third time with flooding on Friday, sending debris into the streets and forcing them to close. Gov. Doug Ducey issued an emergency decl...

DATE: Jul 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Stretch of I-10 dedicated as memorial for slain officer

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southwestern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State Officer gunned down by a drug trafficking suspe...

DATE: Jul 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

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