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New Mexico city ends backlog of untested rape evidence kits

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials in New Mexico’s largest city said Friday they have cleared a backlog of thousands of untested rape evidence kits as part of an endeavor that has spanned more than thr...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legislature bristles at governor’s vetoes of pandemic aid

SANTA FE – State legislators bristled on Friday at vetoes by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that block legislative authority over new federal pandemic aid, and said they may seek a c...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Off-duty officer arrested in fatal wrong-way crash on I-25

ALBUQUERQUE – A 29-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested in an Albuquerque-area wrong-way crash in which two people were killed early Saturday morning, authorities said. C...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coronavirus flushed Colorado rafting in 2020

Rafting businesses endured a 21% decline in traffic last summer

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico expected to have fewer births, fewer students

SANTA FE – New Mexico researchers warned on Thursday that there may be fewer people in the state in the coming decade, with a drop in births that will continue to reduce school enrollment. ...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested in New Mexico in 1980 slaying of 79-year-old woman

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Police arrested a 64-year-old man this week in connection with a 1980 cold case where a woman was found dead in her Southern California apartment, officials said Friday. ...

DATE: May 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scholar who spoke at D.C. rally says school hurt reputation

BOULDER – A visiting conservative scholar at the University of Colorado in Boulder stripped of his main public duties after speaking at a rally in Washington before the riot at the U.S. Capi...

DATE: Apr 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Newly mapped New Mexico wildfire smaller than estimated

THREE RIVERS, N.M. – Officials now put the size of a wildfire in southern-central New Mexico mountains at less than half of a previous estimate and reporting progress in containing the bla...

DATE: Apr 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor: Vaccine progress means New Mexico can open soon

The pace of vaccinations has been as an overwhelming driver

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported six new confirmed COVID-19 cases and three additional deaths. Tribal health officials said the total number of cases si...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study says future of New Mexico may include fewer people

SANTA FE – Flanked by booming economies and community growth, New Mexico is likely to watch its population count plateau in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and then slowly decline ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado police: Three arrested in Asian-targeted burglaries

DENVER – Three people have been arrested and another is wanted in connection with a string of burglaries that targeted the homes of Asian business owners in Colorado and Wyoming in 2019, For...

DATE: Apr 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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