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Details about Denver boy’s death released

Investigators say a Denver teenager facing charges in the death of her 7-year-old nephew told them she was upset with the boy because he lay on her bed and refused to leave her room after he...

DATE: Aug 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Evidence presented in New Mexico compound case

TAOS, N.M. – The latest on 11 children found living in a filthy, makeshift compound in New Mexico (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Defense attorneys for the two men and th...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver teen facing murder charge in 7-year-old boy’s death

DENVER – A Denver teenager is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her 7-year-old nephew, whose body was found hidden in a closet in her basement bedroom. Distri...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 homeless people found dead in Denver were shot to death

DENVER – Colorado authorities say three homeless people found dead in Denver had all been shot to death. The Denver Post reports that the coroner’s office identified the victims a...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Criminal probe sought on pro-Los Alamos agency over spending

SANTA FE – An environmental group is asking the New Mexico attorney general to launch a criminal investigation into an agency that promotes the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico local districts to see election cost jump

HOBBS, N.M. – Lea County school districts, hospital districts and the New Mexico Junior College all will likely see jumps in election costs next year because of the state’s new local electio...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman plummets to death while hiking off Mount Royal trail

FRISCO â€“ Authorities say a woman who was hiking off trail on Mount Royal in Frisco, Colorado, tripped and fell 100 feet to her death. Summit County Rescue Group spokesman Charle...

DATE: Aug 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado agrees to $1M settlement over strip searches

PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado officials have agreed to pay $1 million to the families of 20 developmentally disabled patients who were strip searched without permission from their families or gua...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

San Juan OKs measure on employee rights on union dues, fees

AZTEC, N.M. – San Juan County is the latest New Mexico county to approve a ordinance giving private-sector employees in unincorporated areas the right to choose whether to pay union dues or ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: New Mexico school shooter visited ‘Neo-Nazi’ sites

AZTEC – A new report says a man accused of killing two students during a New Mexico school shooting visited “Neo-Nazi” websites and sought out people obsessed with school shootings. ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man who wore clown makeup in Colorado killing gets 42 years

DENVER â€“ A man who was wearing claw-like gloves and clown-style makeup when he stabbed a man to death in Denver last year has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. Thirty-seven-...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Recreation area to reopen in northern New Mexico forest

TAOS, N.M. â€“ A recreation area in Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico is about to reopen for public use after being closed several years because of a safety hazard. Fo...

DATE: Aug 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News