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New Mexico State Police name suspects in Dixon killings

DIXON, N.M. – Some residents in a northern New Mexico community say a home where a triple homicide occurred had a reputation as a drug house. New Mexico State Police on Friday ide...

DATE: Jun 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weather played role in Colorado glider crash that killed 2

Investigators say the decision to fly near clouds and rain showers played a role in a motorized glider crash that killed two men in Telluride. The National Transportation Safety B...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rockies place outfielder David Dahl on 10-day DL

DENVER – The Colorado Rockies have placed outfielder David Dahl on the 10-day disabled list with a broken right foot and reinstated second baseman DJ LeMahieu. LeMahieu was in the...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Wildfire burns empty Boy Scouts’ buildings in dry New Mexico

CIMARRON, N.M. – A wildfire raced across a swath of tinder-dry forest in northeastern New Mexico on Friday, sending up a thick plume of smoke that forced residents to flee their homes as hea...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State Police investigating Dixon homicides

DIXON, N.M. – Some residents in a northern New Mexico community say a home where a triple homicide occurred had a reputation as a drug house. New Mexico State Police are investiga...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado plans to pursue Olympics subject to voter approval

DENVER – Colorado leaders plan to pursue the Winter Olympics but only if voters back the idea. An exploratory committee that has been reviewing whether to pursue the Olympics anno...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire jumps, closes state highway in northern New Mexico

EAGLE NEST, N.M. – A wildfire in northern New Mexico jumped and closed a state highway as it burned 7 square miles of grass and pine, including part of the Boy Scouts’ Philmont Scout Ranch. ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Uber driver fatally shoots man in car on Denver interstate

DENVER – An Uber driver fatally shot a man in a car on a Denver interstate early Friday morning after some kind of altercation. The unidentified man was shot shortly before 3 a.m....

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo judge won’t toss claims of abuse in Mormon program

SALT LAKE CITY – A Navajo Nation judge is refusing to dismiss lawsuits claiming Native American children were sexually abused while enrolled in a Mormon church foster program. Jud...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Climbers set speed record on Yosemite’s Nose of El Capitan

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two climbers have set a speed record for ascending the famous Nose route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, one of the world’s most technical and dangerous verticals...

DATE: Jun 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Navajo presidential race draws crowded field of candidates

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The race to become president on the country’s largest American Indian reservation has drawn a crowded field of candidates. Nineteen people met Wednesday’s deadl...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado State claims former professor’s suit has no merit

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University claims a former professor had a history of troubling behavior before she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school. The Fort Co...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News