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New Mexico voters warm to idea of professional Legislature

SANTA FE, N.M. – Voters in New Mexico may be warming to the idea of professionalizing the nation’s only unsalaried Legislature. A poll commissioned by the watchdog group Common Ca...

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribe sues over death of Navajo woman shot by police officer

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has sued the federal government and Winslow over the death of a scissors-wielding tribal member shot by a police officer for the northern Arizona city....

DATE: Mar 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Varlamov questionable will illness ahead of key game against Flyers

DENVER – Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov is sick and may not start a pivotal game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Varlamov has appeared in 21 str...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado transportation bonds bill heads to House

DENVER – Colorado’s Republican-led Senate has unanimously approved a bill to ask voters in 2019 if the state can issue $3.5 billion in bonds for roads and bridges. The bill approv...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Navajo Nation official pleads no contest to thefts

GALLUP, N.M. – A former manager of a Navajo Nation chapter in Tuba City, Arizona, has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from the theft of more than $1 million in chapter funds. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo-owned company to fix road to access abandoned mines

COVE, Ariz. – A small Navajo-owned company has been awarded a contract to upgrade a road needed to clean up abandoned uranium mine sites on the reservation. The U.S. Environment...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Plan on historic Native American artist portal draws fire

SANTA FE, N.M. – Native American artists are attacking a plan that would impose more regulations to sell their jewelry at New Mexico’s historic Palace of the Governors portal in Santa Fe. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge restores $7.3M for Navajo Nation’s Head Start program

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A federal court on Tuesday restored $7.3 million to the Navajo Nation for its struggling Head Start program after the tribe said it was denied an opportunity to appeal a...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kansas girl at center of 1954 school segregation ruling dies

TOPEKA, Kan. – Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76. He...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

On Palm Sunday, pope urges youth to raise their voices

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Palm Sunday urged young people not to be silent and let their voices be heard, even in the face of corrupt or silent elders. The pope’s message come...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

United gives $10,000 travel voucher to ‘bumped’ passenger

A passenger who was bumped off a full flight has scored the maximum prize – a $10,000 travel voucher. A spokesman for United Airlines confirmed Friday that a passenger got the big...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Army’s live-ammo training ignited fire that burned homes

FORT CARSON – A wildfire that destroyed at least two homes in southern Colorado was sparked by an Army aviation training exercise that used live ammunition, the military said Monday. ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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