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TABOR repeal is off table for 2020. Now it’s a $2 billion tax hike targeting the wealthy

Group proposes graduated income tax measure that would lower taxes for vast majority

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Silverton to Dolores: Be wary of allowing OHVs on town streets

Economic bump might not be worth the trouble

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico announces arrival of coronavirus test kits

SANTA FE â€“ The New Mexico Department of Health said it has capacity to test for COVID-19 with tests kits provided by the federal government. The agency announced Tuesday that kits from the...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Accent mark in official Santa Fe seal in wrong spot

SANTA FE – An accent mark of the official seal of the capital city of the nation’s most Hispanic state is in the wrong spot. The misplaced accent mark at the top of the city of Sa...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico prosecutor resigns after DUI, firearms arrest

ROSWELL, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico prosecutor has resigned after his arrest for aggravated drunken driving and negligent use of a firearm. The Hobbs News-Sun reports 5th...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oil and gas companies call on federal government to cut emissions

Different state climate goals make transition to renewable energy unfeasible, policy center says

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hostage taker sentenced to 12 years in state prison

ASPEN – A Colorado real estate agent was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for holding three men hostage at gunpoint and repeatedly threatening to kill them. Brolin McConnell ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Underestimated weather led to Colorado wildfire

FORT COLLINS – A controlled burn that became a wildfire in Colorado was the result of weather conditions that were underestimated by fire personnel, state officials said. The Colo...

DATE: Mar 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Hospital prone to post-surgery blood infections

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal health agency has found the University of New Mexico Hospital to be one of the worst in the country for sepsis after several patients developed the blood infection co...

DATE: Mar 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado plans its own testing network to detect coronavirus

DENVER – Colorado is setting up a testing network to identify coronavirus cases, officials said Tuesday. Samples from patients at 12 hospitals around the state that were negative ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Zookeeper loses finger after violating protocol

ALBUQUERQUE – An internal investigation determined a hyena bit off the finger of an Albuquerque zookeeper after the worker violated zoo protocol. Surveillance video obtained by Al...

DATE: Mar 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News