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Man in child porn case that closed observatory indicted

ALBUQUERQUE – A man linked to a child pornography investigation that sparked a mysterious closure of a solar observatory in New Mexico two years ago has been indicted. Court docum...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic tests boundaries of remote work in New Mexico

SANTA FE – State Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart has returned to New Mexico and is self-quarantining as a precaution against coronavirus transmission after working remotely for sever...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Data shows rise in overdose deaths during the pandemic

DENVER – Health experts in Colorado warn that early 2020 data indicates a rise in overdose deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, even as the federal government has distributed grants to ru...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado prison escapee caught after nearly 50 years on run

DENVER – A man who escaped from a Colorado prison in 1974 was found living under an alias in a small town in northern New Mexico after the Denver police officer he shot decades ago helped tr...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Investigation underway after police handcuff Black girls

AURORA – An investigation will determine if police officers in suburban Denver will face charges after handcuffing two Black girls and placing them on the ground while mistakenly suspecting ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Agency determines all of Colorado abnormally dry, in drought

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis has activated Colorado’s drought plan to track impacts, save water, coordinate local responses and help hard-hit farmers after a federal assessment that determined ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused in Arizona bomb threat case arrested in Colorado

PRESCOTT, Ariz. – A former Prescott-area man suspected of calling in a bomb threat in July has been arrested in Colorado, according to authorities. Yavapai County Sheriff’s offici...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bad drought conditions reported across New Mexico, Arizona

PHOENIX – Large portions of New Mexico and much of neighboring Arizona face severe or extreme drought conditions. The latest weekly Drought Monitor map released Thursday shows are...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

$2M cash-only bond for airman charged with murder in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An Arizona court has set bond for a U.S. Air Force airman charged in the fatal shooting of a Sunday school teacher who was living in northwestern New Mexico at $2 million ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeals panel rejects lawsuit over abandoned mine shaft death

DENVER – A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died when the car she was riding in drove off a Forest Service road a...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Holocaust Museum hit by vandalism

ALBUQUERQUE – Vandals damaged the New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education on Thursday just as the burial of congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis was being tele...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque zoo to partially reopen after pandemic closure

Albuquerque zoo’s will partially reopen next week to visitors wearing face masks or other face coverings after being closed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Outdoor...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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