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Policing reforms gain momentum in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers advanced a bill toward a final Senate vote to eliminate police immunity from prosecution in state courts on civil rights violations ranging from racial discri...

DATE: Mar 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vice President Harris to tout COVID relief package in Denver

DENVER – Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Denver on March 16 to highlight the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill passed by Congress on Wednesday. Details on the visit by Harri...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill requiring Coloradans to report lost guns appears headed for passage

‘Safe storage’ measure also heads to state Senate

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado will unveil $700M stimulus plan. Here’s where the money will go.

Money comes from unexpected tax revenue, invests in rural towns

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Senate passes bill on lost and stolen firearms

DENVER – Colorado’s Democrat-led Senate has passed a bill that would require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement or face a $25 fine for a first violation. ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico ban on traps and wildlife poisons clears Senate

SANTA FE – A New Mexico measure that would prohibit traps, snares and wildlife poisons from being used on public lands cleared the Democratic-led Senate late Tuesday. The legislat...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police arrest man suspected in N.J. slaying and four deaths in N.M.

A man sought in the killings of four people in New Mexico and one in New Jersey was arrested Wednesday morning in St. Louis, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Investigators were see...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 12 new COVID-19 cases and one more death

The Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 12 additional COVID-19 cases and one more death from the virus as a downward trend in infections an...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit filed over arrest of 11-year-old boy with autism

DENVER – The mother of a Colorado boy with autism filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that school officials and sheriff’s deputies in a suburban Denver county “aggressively handcuff...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Protesters in court for barricading police precinct in July

DENVER – Protesters used rope and tables to barricade doors shut at a suburban Denver police station and trap officers inside for several hours last summer during racial injustice demonstrat...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Four found dead in car at Albuquerque airport garage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have identified four people whose bodies were found last week inside a vehicle parked in the garage of the city’s airport. Police said three of th...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. officials: Report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials d...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...