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Panel to consider petition seeking Pecos River protections

ALBUQUERQUE – More than 200 miles of the Pecos River, its tributaries and other parts of the upper reaches of the northern New Mexico watershed would be protected from future degradation und...

New Mexico auditor pressures Gallup hospital for records

SANTA FE – Leaders of a critical care hospital in the middle of a coronavirus hot spot in Gallup, New Mexico, are coming under mounting pressure to comply with a financial audit amid complai...

Air Force commander found dead in home on Colorado base

COLORADO SPRINGS – The commander of a U.S. Air Force base in Colorado was found dead in his home on the base, officials said. Col. Thomas Falzarano was the commander of the 21st S...

State Department told to revisit sexual listing on passports

DENVER – Under a ruling from a federal appeals court, the U.S. State Department is once again being ordered to consider whether to grant an intersex person a passport if they do not specify ...

Stolen $5K marble sculpture found by joggers in Utah

LOGAN, Utah – A $5,000 marble sculpture has been found resting in a grassy field in northern Utah about two weeks after it was stolen from a local art business, authorities said. ...

Coronavirus surges with emergency order close to expiration

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is weighing whether to extend major provisions of an emergency health order that limits nonessential business activity and bans gatherings o...

New Mexico forester issues restrictions due to fire danger

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state forester is imposing immediate restrictions on fireworks, campfires, smoking and open fires on all nonmunicipal, nonfederal and nontribal lands statewide becaus...

1 drops out of race against powerful New Mexico senator

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – One of the two Democrats seeking to unseat New Mexico Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen in the upcoming primary has dropped out. State Senate primary ...

Navajo Nation extends emergency declaration until June 7

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has extended an executive order declaring a state of emergency and government closures to June 7 in an attempt to minimize the spread of the coronaviru...

Colorado faces $3.3 billion state deficit because of pandemic

DENVER – Colorado’s tourism-and-energy-dependent economy has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, presenting lawmakers with a projected $3.3 billion in cuts they must make to craft a ba...

Body of missing woman found in SUV in New Mexico reservoir

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – A Truth or Consequences woman missing since late January has been found dead in her SUV after it was discovered in Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra County Sheri...

Colorado judge sentence to jail for 2nd DUI

DENVER – A Colorado judge is expected to be sentenced to a jail term for pleading guilty to a second DUI charge within two years. Debra Gunkel, 62, pleaded guilty to violating the...