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Albuquerque officer involved in 4 shootings over 6 years

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque police officer who fatally shot a man two months ago during a domestic dispute call had shot three other people in earlier incidents. Police Chief Harold Medina ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial

DENVER – One of the suspects in a fatal attack at a suburban Denver high school in 2019 had become such a chronic drug user in the months before the shooting that he likely “couldn’t think,...

DATE: Jun 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weather service: Arizona will get hot, even for the locals

PHOENIX – Dangerously hot temperatures are on the way throughout the Southwest. An excessive heat warning prompted health officials in Arizona to reschedule outdoor COVID-19 vaccination oper...

DATE: Jun 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports no additional deaths from COVID-19

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The number of new coronavirus cases on the Navajo Nation remained low Friday while the tribe reported no additional deaths. The figures bring the total number of COVID-1...

DATE: Jun 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado picks first 5 scholarship winners in vaccine drive

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has announced the first five winners of $50,000 scholarships in a program designed to encourage students to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Twenty five scholarships are being offered by the state, along with a $1 million lottery program for five adult winners who get at least one shot.

DATE: Jun 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1st gray wolf pups since 1940s spotted in Colorado

DENVER – Colorado has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, state wildlife officials said Wednesday. A state biologist and district wildlife manager each spotted the litter of...

DATE: Jun 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Colorado principal resigns after racist photo shared online

BOULDER – A high school principal in Colorado announced she is resigning a couple of weeks after a photo of three students re-enacting the killing of George Floyd in the school parking lot w...

DATE: Jun 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Alert warns of poor air quality because of smoke from wildfires

ALBUQUERQUE – Residents of western and central New Mexico are being warned that air quality is being diminished by large amounts of smoke from wildfires in Arizona and southwestern New Mexic...

DATE: Jun 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Forecasters warn of hot temperatures for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Forecasters with the National Weather Service said Tuesday that New Mexico is in for a stretch of hot weather. They warned that a heat advisory may be needed for parts of east...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Tornado damages home, downs power lines in northern Colorado

FIRESTONE – A tornado that touched down in a largely rural area of northern Colorado on Monday damaged at least one home and brought down power poles and lines, authorities said. No injuries...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Minnesota woman killed after hitting elk in Colorado

CASTLE PINES – A Minnesota woman is dead after she hit a elk in Colorado. KCNC-TV reported that 18-year-old Kendra Durnan of Buffalo was traveling south on Interstate 25 near Castle Pi...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jemez-area ranch purchase to expand Santa Fe National Forest

The federal government plans to purchase a private ranch in the Jemez River Valley to expand the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico. Acquisition of the 3.1 square miles will pro...

DATE: Jun 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico