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Ex-Colorado coroner, wife plead not guilty to corpse abuse

FRISCO – A former Colorado county coroner and his wife pleaded not guilty to charges of tampering with a human body Monday. Shannon Kent, the former coroner for Lake County, and his wife, St...

Cases of virus variant from India rise in Colorado county

GRAND JUNCTION – Health officials in Colorado have reported the number of infections from the COVID-19 variant from India nearly tripled in less than a week in Mesa County, the only county i...

Santa Fe woman who fatally shot at house party faces trial

SANTA FE – The trial of a Santa Fe woman accused of firing a gun into her neighbor's yard, killing a young man, is set to begin this week. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that 65-yea...

FBI investigates Asian American teen’s death as hate crime

DENVER – The FBI has revealed that it is investigating the 2017 death of an Asian American teenager in Colorado as a possible hate crime, a grisly case in which local authorities said she wa...

Jan. 6 riot suspect on house arrest after mountain lion kill

DENVER – A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado hunting guide accused of assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot to be placed on house arrest after prosecutors say he violated...

District Attorney Raúl Torrez to run for attorney general

SANTA FE – The district attorney for New Mexico's largest metro area is seeking the Democratic nomination for state attorney general in the 2022 election, emphasizing his hands-on experience...

New Mexico creates database of legacy uranium mines

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico has created a database of uranium mines around the state, including those that are inactive and have been abandoned, state officials announced Monday. The databa...

24 hikers rescued in New Mexico’s Organ Mountains

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Authorities say a group of 24 hikers who became separated, disoriented and stranded in the Organ Mountains were rescued by the Las Cruces Fire Department and other law enf...

Janet Jackson's ensembles from "Scream" video sold for $125K

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Janet Jackson’s ensembles she wore in the “Scream” music video opposite of her brother Michael Jackson are among the items up for bid in a three-day auction.

Albuquerque police arrest man connected to 3 shooting deaths

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque police SWAT team arrested a man on a federal arrest warrant who they say was involved in a shooting where three people were killed earlier in the week, authoriti...

Man fatally shot after chase involving Denver police

DENVER – A man died after a shooting involving Denver Police officers in the Barnum neighborhood on Friday afternoon. The Denver Police Department said the shooting happened in the area of W...

Additional U.S. forests in New Mexico impose fire restrictions

TAOS, N.M. — More national forests in drought-stricken New Mexico plan to impose fire restrictions on activities such as campfires and smoking in an attempt to prevent human-caused wildfires...