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New Mexico universities face prospect of budget challenges

SANTA FE – Officials say the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University face the prospect of major budget challenges because of reduced state funding and other fiscal fallout f...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman seriously injured in New Mexico bear attack

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – A woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear that approached her and her husband as they were comet-watching on the deck of a northern New Mexico ski area...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Nuclear weapons testing hot topic 75 years after test

SALT LAKE CITY – On July 16, 1945, the U.S. military detonated the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico, ushering in the nuclear age. And now on the 75th anniversary of the tes...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico universities face prospect of budget challenges

SANTA FE – Officials say the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University face the prospect of major budget challenges because of reduced state funding and other fiscal fallout f...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver schools to start school year online amid coronavirus

DENVER – Denver Public Schools is planning to delay the opening of fall semester by a week, starting with remote learning Aug. 24 and gradually transitioning to in-person classes Sept. 8 at ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officer fired after ignoring detained woman’s pleas for help

DENVER – An Aurora police officer was fired in February for allowing a woman under restraint in his vehicle to fall to the floor and for ignoring her complaints that her neck was going to br...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

County to appeal Denver Water project amid final approval

BOULDER – A water utility company in Colorado can proceed with its planned reservoir expansion and the largest construction project in Boulder County after it received final federal approval...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Mishandled gun led to death of Colorado toddler

COMMERCE CITY – Police are urging adults to keep their weapons in a secure place after a 3-year-old boy was shot to death in a suburban Denver home. Commerce City officers were ca...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo leader urges residents to stay home ahead of lockdown

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Officials on the Navajo Nation are urging residents to refrain from traveling off the reservation ahead of a weekend lockdown meant to help slow the spread of the corona...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hundreds gather in Albuquerque to protest COVID-19 rules

ALBUQUERQUE – Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Albuquerque to protest the governor’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and speak out against what some are calling unfair treatment ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Massive illegal dump discovered in southeastern New Mexico

EUNICE, N.M. – State officials say they discovered a massive illegal dumping site in southeastern New Mexico while cleaning up a former limestone mining pit. The more than 3-acre ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3-year-old boy found shot to death in suburban Denver

COMMERCE CITY – Police are investigating after a 3-year-old boy was found shot to death in suburban Denver. Commerce City officers called to a neighborhood just west of the Rock...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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