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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

Feds open Rapid City office for missing Indigenous cases

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Federal investigators on Tuesday opened an office in Rapid City dedicated to cases of missing and murdered Native Americans, particularly women and girls. The ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man convicted of killing girl loses appeal bid

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and killing an 11-year-old girl in 2016 had his appeal dismissed after a judge ruled that he failed to file his motion in...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Five found dead in suspected arson fire at Denver home

DENVER – Five people were found dead on Wednesday in a house fire in Denver that authorities suspect was intentionally set and three other people inside got to safety by jumping from the hom...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oil refinery in Gallup planning to close by end of this year

GALLUP, N.M. – An oil refinery that halted operations when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit New Mexico plans to permanently close by the end of this year. Albuquerque TV station KR...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 13 more COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials have reported 13 more cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,068 an...

DATE: Aug 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 210 more coronavirus cases, nine deaths

SANTA FE – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New Mexico increased by 210 and deaths by nine on Saturday, state health officials reported. The deaths included three resi...

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

5 people hurt in 2 shootings at parties in Denver

DENVER â€“ Five people were injured in two separate shootings at parties in Denver early Saturday, police said. Officers responded to a residence at 12:46 a.m. Saturday on the 300...

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Standout New Mexico prep basketball player fatally shot

SANTA FE – A standout New Mexico high school basketball player who planned to play for the state’s largest university was shot and killed early Saturday, authorities said. No arre...

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman arrested in fight over social distancing at Walmart

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ An argument over COVID-19 social distancing led to a fistfight in a Colorado Springs Walmart between two women on Friday, police said. One of the women compla...

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP U.S. Senate hopeful blasts New Mexico virus campaign rules

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A Republican U.S. Senate hopeful blasted on Friday New Mexico’s health orders, which limits public political fundraisers and traditional door-to-door campaigning, and sugg...

DATE: Aug 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News