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Albuquerque cops use tear gas, helicopter against protesters

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque said officers were forced to use tear gas and a helicopter against demonstrators early Friday after a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapoli...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Open space patrols begin around Albuquerque amid fire danger

ALBUQUERQUE – Firefighters have started patrolling open space areas around New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area as dry conditions intensify and fire danger increases. The patrol...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver mayor decries violence in protests over Floyd death

DENVER – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called for calm and unity Friday after the first of several planned city protests over George Floyd’s death turned violent, declaring, “Let not the stor...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Department of Health has reported 102 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and one more known death. That pushes the numbers to 4,944 posi...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Escaped Colorado inmates pretended to be immigrants

SELLS, Ariz. – The U.S. Border Patrol says two men who escaped from a Colorado prison said they were Mexican immigrants who wanted to be deported when agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico bor...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial installed at park to honor Chicano rights activists

BOULDER – A memorial has been installed at Chautauqua Park in Boulder to remember six Chicano rights activists and students who were killed in two separate bombings days apart more than 40 y...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged in Mennonite woman’s death grew up in the faith

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – In a forest clearing outside Flagstaff, Arizona, Sasha Krause was found cold and stiff, with a bullet wound to the back of her head. She was face down beneath brush, weari...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Task force on missing Native Americans resumes sessions

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address missing and slain Native Americans resumed tribal listening sessions Wednesday, encountering some tec...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Petrified Forest National Park to begin phased reopening

HOLBROOK, Ariz. – Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona is reopening some of its facilities and areas that have been closed to the public since March 24 because of the COVID...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s courts system to resume starting jury trials

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state court system plans in mid-June to resume starting jury trials that had been suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. The suspension to be lifte...

DATE: May 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 inmates escape prison camp in southern Colorado

PUEBLO – Authorities are looking for two inmates who escaped a minimum-security federal prison camp in southern Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports 35-year-old Jose Rodrigue...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former spy, issues of Trump loyalty weigh in New Mexico vote

SANTA FE – New Mexico is deciding on final contenders in open races for a U.S. Senate seat and a congressional slot that last changed hands a dozen years ago. The retirement of Se...

DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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