Ad

University of New Mexico regents to vote again on contested athletic cuts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Regents at New Mexico’s flagship university are scheduled to consider for a second time a proposal to shore up the finances of its troubled athletics department by elimin...

Navajo officials bid farewell to Indian Affairs director

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation officials are bidding farewell to their region’s director for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tribe says Sharon Pinto has been reassigned...

Libertarian Gary Johnson throws U.S. Senate race in chaos

ALBUQUERQUE – Former Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said in seeking to make history and capture a U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico he’ll have to give up a few of his favorite ...

Authorities: Remains at New Mexico compound are missing boy

Judge threatened after allowing release

Bodies of pregnant Colorado woman, 2 daughters likely found

FREDERICK – The body was found of a pregnant Colorado woman whose husband was arrested in the disappearance of her and her two young daughters, and investigators were trying to recover what ...

Conditions of release not yet met for N.M. compound suspects

TAOS, N.M. – Three people accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound remained jailed Wednesday as New Mexico authorities sought to satisfy the conditions of their release set by ...

Shootout wounds Colorado sheriff’s deputy, suspect

GREELEY – A sheriff’s deputy was shot and wounded in a gun battle with a suspect in northern Colorado. The Weld County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that the deputy was tak...

Sheriff’s office: Men break into Telluride water facility

DENVER – Authorities say a group of men has repeatedly broken into a water treatment facility in a Colorado mountain town to dip in its fenced-off pond. KMGH-TV reports the San Mi...

New Mexico land boss says no to offer from U.S. border agency

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s top land boss has rejected a proposal from the federal government to settle a dispute about land along the U.S.-Mexico border as work continues to bolster security...

Drought forces volunteers to increase water to Colorado wild horses

MAYBELL – Drought conditions in parts of Colorado have volunteers hauling more water to wild horses in the areas. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports volunteers with the horse a...

Colorado baker who refused to make cake for gays sues again

DENVER – A Colorado baker who insisted his religious beliefs justified his refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple – an argument partly supported by the U.S. Supreme Court – has sued...

3 accused of abuse at New Mexico compound await release

TAOS, N.M. – Three people accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound were awaiting release Wednesday in New Mexico, where security was boosted at a courthouse amid threats agains...