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Repeat drunken driver gets 40 years in prison for deadly crash

AURORA – A repeat drunken driver has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for running over and killing a Colorado man. The Aurora Sentinel reports that 42-year-old Christopher Tar...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Executive from Colorado bank that gave bonuses to meet Trump

FORT COLLINS – A leader of a Colorado bank that used its tax savings to give bonuses to its employees is meeting with President Donald Trump to talk about tax reform. The Colorado...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico lawmakers seek to protect net neutrality

SANTA FE, N.M. – Two Democratic state lawmakers in New Mexico have proposed consumer protection legislation in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net-neutrality ru...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deputies: New Mexico woman gave pot candy to daughter

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A southern New Mexico woman is facing charges after authorities say she gave her 13-year-old daughter marijuana candy. The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office said...

DATE: Jan 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tide Pod doughnuts are irreverent response to harmful trend

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. – Bakers are responding to the dangerous “Tide Pod challenge” with sweet and savory irreverence. Wake N Bake Donuts in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, and Kan...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

Colorado health officials can’t support gas drilling within 500 feet

GRAND JUNCTION – Health officials say they can’t support granting an industrial gas supplier a variance to drill within 500 feet of homes in Battlement Mesa. The Grand Junction Da...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Power agency interested in SunZia transmission project

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal entity that markets and transmits electricity across the West is expressing interest in a proposed transmission line that would link Arizona and New Mexico and serve ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Violent crimes cases filed in New Mexico increase

SANTA FE – A state report shows the number of criminal cases filed in New Mexico courts increased by more than 7 percent during the last fiscal year with homicide and domestic violence cas...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former chairman of Colorado GOP sentenced for voter fraud

GREELEY – The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party was sentenced to four years of probation and 300 hours of community service for voter fraud. Steve Curtis blamed a “...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeal of drilling case

DENVER – The Colorado Supreme Court will consider a dispute over how much weight should be given to public health and the environment in decisions over oil and gas drilling. The...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Publicly-funded New Mexico spaceport seeks confidentiality

SANTA FE, N.M. – Operators of a taxpayer-funded spacecraft launch facility in southern New Mexico are seeking greater confidentiality for tenants that include aspiring commercial spaceflight...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lamborn trying to save small Colorado Air Force squadron

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado congressman Doug Lamborn is trying to stop the closure of a small Air Force squadron that flies generals and classified cargo in two Lear jets. ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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