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New office in New Mexico to focus on Indigenous cold cases

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. officials have opened an office in New Mexico dedicated to investigating cold cases involving Indigenous people who are missing or have been killed. The office ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado officers fatally shoot woman during home invasion

PUEBLO – A Colorado woman was killed by police Tuesday after an alleged home invasion in Pueblo, authorities said. Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter identified the woman as Lyana...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mother gets 32 years for death of son found in storage unit

DENVER – The mother of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Wednesday for her role in his death. ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

History Colorado offers to display toppled Civil War statue

DENVER – A history museum in Colorado has offered to display the Civil War statue toppled by protesters outside the state Capitol earlier this summer. History Colorado said it wou...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested in machete attack that kills woman, injures 4

BRIGHTON – A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a 51-year-old woman and injuring her husband, two daughters and a family friend with a machete in their home near Denver on Tuesday n...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado wildfire prompts evacuations, shuts Interstate 70

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A portion of Interstate 70 remained closed in western Colorado on Wednesday because of a wildfire that has grown to 5 square miles in hot, dry and windy conditions. ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

School year begins for some New Mexico districts

SANTA FE – The school year is getting underway at some of New Mexico’s largest public school districts as teachers, students and parents deal with remote learning amid the coronavirus pandem...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico health insurance co-op prepares to close

SANTA FE – A cooperative health insurance provider to 14,000 customers on New Mexico’s subsidized marketplace will cease operations at the start of 2021. State insurance regulator...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Second suspect hospitalized in case where child’s remains found

SANTA FE – A second member of an extended family facing firearms, kidnapping and terrorism-related charges in connection with an 2018 raid on a remote compound where a child’s decomposed bod...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver transit board rejects resolution to replace security

DENVER – The Denver-metro transit system voted against a resolution to replace security with social workers on Tuesday. The resolution lost in a 14-1 vote in the Regional Transpor...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 19 more COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. â€“ Navajo Nation health officials have reported 19 more cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,334 an...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation president asks Trump to commute death sentence

PHOENIX – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of a Navajo man convicted in the 2001 killing of a fellow tribal member and her ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News