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Navajo legislation on tribal energy company withdrawn

GALLUP, N.M. – Navajo Nation Council legislation to allow a tribal-owned energy company to become a for-profit corporation was withdrawn before it could be considered. The Gallup ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

DUI arrests fell during Colorado’s high-enforcement times

FRISCO – Colorado officials say the number of DUI arrests during the periods of increased enforcement decreased in 2018, but it was likely tied to funding losses for the program. ...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah GOP candidate sues after Navajo wins county election

SALT LAKE CITY – A Republican is suing after losing an election to a Navajo candidate in a Utah county dogged by allegations of discrimination against Navajo voters. Kelly Laws wa...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘StarTalk’ season on hold amid claims against host Tyson

LOS ANGELES – The current season of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “StarTalk” series is on hold amid sexual misconduct claims against the prominent astrophysicist. The National Geographic ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Roswell aids passengers after plane makes emergency landing

ROSWELL, N.M. – Roswell city officials and staff at the city’s visitors’ center made inconvenienced passengers feel welcomed and comfortable after an American Airlines plane was forced to ma...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Child of missing Colorado woman will stay with grandparents

CRIPPLE CREEK – A Colorado girl will temporarily remain with her maternal grandparents as prosecutors pursue a murder charge against the 1-year-old’s father in her mother’s death. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Authorities identify suspects in Aspen jewelry robbery

ASPEN – Authorities have identified three Chilean men as suspects in a jewelry theft from a luxury hotel in Aspen. The Aspen Times reports arrest warrant affidavits were filed ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snow on saguaros: Desert cities in Southwest experience freeze

PHOENIX – The weather was flipped Wednesday throughout much of the West, with snow falling on cactuses in the Arizona desert and Anchorage seeing balmy weather – at least by Alaska standards...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmakers seek popular-vote system for president

SANTA FE – Democratic New Mexico legislators in haven’t given up bringing their state into a movement to elect future U.S. presidents by popular vote. Four lawmakers have introduc...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police report high accident numbers amid storms

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Albuquerque police say the city has seen a spike in accidents as a series of winter storms swept the state. Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said late...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Daryl Dragon, of ‘The Captain and Tennille,’ dead at 76

NEW YORK – Daryl Dragon, the cap-wearing “Captain” of “The Captain and Tennille” who teamed with then-wife Toni Tennille on such easy listening hits as “Love Will Keep Us Together” and “Musk...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Snowfall causes closures in Albuquerque, other communities

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque and the University of New Mexico were among numerous employers big and small closing offices and other facilities Wednesday because of snowfall that als...

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News