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Evacuation area on Mount Lemmon expanded as wildfire grows

PHOENIX – Pima County sheriff’s deputies went door to door in Santa Catalina Mountains overlooking Tucson on Thursday to notify residents of an expansion of the evacuation area threatened by...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Education funding at risk as New Mexico Legislature meets

SANTA FE – High-stakes initiatives to improve lagging public schools are on the financial chopping block in New Mexico as economic turmoil from the coronavirus undermines the state’s most si...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State University releases plan for fall return

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University is rolling out plans for students, faculty and staff as they prepare to return to campus in the fall. The document released this wee...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado residents report seeing missing wallaby

AURORA – Surprise lived up to its name when a pair of Colorado residents made an unexpected sighting of a wallaby that recently escaped from an animal sanctuary. The male wallaby ...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Couple accused of killing son by forcing him to drink water

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado couple accused of killing their 11-year-old son by forcing him to drink large amounts of water are facing several charges, including child abuse and first-degre...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews on Arizona wildfires contend with wind-driven flames

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Wildfires in Arizona are typical this time of year, but high winds have been a key factor in driving the size of the blazes that are threatening rural communities, state h...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pueblo leaders seek ‘meaningful’ resolution to statue fight

ALBUQUERQUE – Leaders of a coalition that represents New Mexico’s pueblo communities said Wednesday they hope a “fair and meaningful resolution” can be found as local government officials co...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver neighborhood with ties to KKK recommends name change

DENVER – A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate about its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. The...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor urges consideration of bans on fireworks sales

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is urging cities and counties across the state to consider banning retail sales of fireworks. An order signed Monday by Lujan Gri...

DATE: Jun 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation to resume weekend lockdowns as Arizona virus cases rise

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is resuming lockdowns for at least the next two weekends as the number of coronavirus cases off the reservation increases, most notably in Arizona. ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man arrested in Colorado charged in Minneapolis police fire

A Minnesota man arrested in Colorado has been charged on suspicion of setting some of the fires that destroyed a Minneapolis police station on a night when protests over the death of George ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado city task force to study police, public interaction

AURORA – A Colorado city established a task force to consider police and community interactions and removed a prospective representative from a police labor union from the panel. ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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