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Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

International Ski Federation issues ban beginning next year

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado sheriff’s commander gets probation for fatal crash

BRIGHTON – A sheriff’s commander who was involved in a crash that killed an elderly woman northeast of Denver has been sentenced to two years of probation and must complete 250 hours of comm...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. officials cite ‘balance’ as goal for Chaco oil plan

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. land managers Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing development in one of the nation’s oldest oil and gas basins, but environmentalists and other...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Free University of New Mexico tuition for some students

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has announced it will offer free tuition for first-time students whose families make $50,000 or less. The Lobo First-Year Promise schola...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado prosecutor indicted on drug charges, misconduct

DENVER – An elected prosecutor for Colorado’s northeastern rural plains was indicted by a grand jury on drug charges Thursday after an investigation by the state’s attorney general. ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Albuquerque Biopark trains see derailments, injuries

ALBUQUERQUE – A review of Albuquerque records shows that the city’s BioPark zoo train has experienced derailments and injuries in recent years. A review of five years’ worth of ma...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former VA worker gets 18 months in prison for taking bribes

DENVER – A former Veterans Affairs employee in Colorado who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for rigging federal contracts has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison. ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dad gets 72 years in death of boy found encased in concrete

DENVER – The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in concrete in a storage unit in 2018 was sentenced to 72 years in prison on Friday in his death. Leland Panke...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Convicted New Mexico sect leader seeks new trial

GRANT, N.M. – A leader in a rural New Mexico paramilitary religious sect convicted of kidnapping and sexual abuse is seeking a new trial. Lawyers for Deborah Green, leader of the ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man accused of using website to solicit two murders

ROSWELL, N.M. – Authorities said a former Roswell high school student is accused of using a website to try to hire someone to kill two fellow students. Roswell police say 18-year-...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lab in New Mexico could begin testing for new virus

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico send off samples from people suspected of having the new coronavirus to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the state epidemiologist...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Man who claimed to have gun killed in drive-through

COLORADO SPRINGS – An off-duty police officer waiting at a fast food drive-thru Thursday shot and killed a man who came up to his car and claimed he had a gun, police said. The of...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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