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Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Energy leaders in Wyoming are closely watching the fate of a Colorado ballot initiative that would severely limit fracking on non-federal land in that state. The ...

Fish kill in Boulder County related to Superfund site water

BOULDER – Colorado and federal officials say contaminated water released from a federal Superfund cleanup site in Boulder County is likely to blame for a fish kill that occurred earlier this...

Colorado flags lowered for synagogue shooting victims

DENVER – Flags in Colorado have been lowered in honor of those killed in Saturday’s shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Gov. John Hickenlooper says Colorado flags will remain at h...

Group walks miles to remember missing Native American women

RED VALLEY, Ariz. – A more than 100-mile walk along a Navajo Nation highway that sought to raise awareness of domestic violence and cases of missing and murdered women and girls has left org...

3 teens injured in shooting near Farmington football game

FARMINGTON – Farmington authorities say three teens suffered minor injuries in a shooting Friday evening at a park near a stadium where a high school football game was in progress and that p...

Man in Trump T-shirt told to zip up jacket while voting

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Officials say that because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June, it was a mistake for a worker at a Las Cruces early voting station to tell a man that he had to cover up...

Judge: Planned Parenthood shooter still incompetent

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado judge says a man who acknowledges killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic remains mentally incompetent. Friday’s hearing was the latest r...

Lab hiring of ex-Santa Fe mayor after grant raising eyebrows

SANTA FE, N.M. – A high-tech startup that received a $100,000 grant from the city of Santa Fe a few months before then-Mayor Javier Gonzales left office has hired him as a consultant. ...

Seat on Navajo Nation Council filled by late lawmaker’s aide

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A seat on the Navajo Nation Council that was left vacant by the death of a lawmaker has been filled. Olin Kieyoomia was sworn in Thursday to serve five Navajo...

Oregon bakery appeals fine for turning away lesbian couple

PORTLAND, Ore. – The owners of a shuttered Oregon bakery fined for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oregonian/Oreg...

New Mexico politicians, troops grapple with migrant caravan

SANTA FE – Concerns about an approaching northbound migrant caravan in Mexico are permeating campaigns for governor, Congress and U.S. Senate in the border state of New Mexico. Pr...

Sandia, Los Alamos labs get funding for quantum research

ALBUQUERQUE – Two national laboratories based in New Mexico have been awarded $8 million by the U.S. Energy Department to study the fundamental physics of all matter. The award wi...