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U.S. forest chief: ‘Tough choices’ to fund wildfire prevention

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Forest Service has been working with states and other partners to treat more acres every year in hopes of reducing the threat of catastrophic wildfire, but Forest Chie...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico homeowner ordered to remove pro-Palestinian mural

SANTA FE – A New Mexico homeowner has been ordered to remove pro-Palestinian murals from an adobe wall outside his Santa Fe home. The Santa Fe Historic Districts Review Board affi...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit: Black officer who was fired faced harassment

ALBUQUERQUE – A black corrections officer in southeastern New Mexico faced constant harassment and was eventually fired after he called in sick and was later spotted at a high school basketb...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico jury convicts an Arizona man of human smuggling

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted an Arizona man on a human smuggling charge. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Francisco Armando Martinez of Tucson was foun...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two found dead in Utah crash were missing Colorado couple

SALT LAKE CITY – Authorities said the remains of two people found in a wrecked car in a ravine in eastern Utah are those of a Colorado couple missing since October. The Deseret...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Men killed in Colorado avalanche were trying to leave area

VAIL – An avalanche in Colorado took the lives of two people who had turned back to avoid a dangerous area, a report said. The Feb. 15 avalanche north of Vail killed Dillon Block ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado set to become 22nd state with no death penalty

DENVER – Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday approved a repeal bill that Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to sign i...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Army has destroyed half of mustard agent stored in Colorado

PUEBLO – The Army has destroyed about half of the 2,600 tons of mustard agent contained in decades-old shells stored at a southern Colorado chemical depot. Walton Levi, the site p...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Early risers see apparent meteor streak across Western sky

PHOENIX – Early risers in several Western states reported seeing what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the sky before dawn. The American Meteor Society received multiple r...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico inmate death ‘apparent suicide’ amid lawsuits

SANTA FE – An inmate’s suspected suicide recently in a New Mexico prison occurred as two new lawsuits accuse the state Corrections Department of negligence in inmate deaths at another penite...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman accused of being topless with stepchildren takes plea deal

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah woman who fought criminal charges after her stepchildren saw her topless in her own home took a plea deal Tuesday to avoid the risk of having to register as a sex off...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mom charged with boiling pets found competent to stand trial

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico woman facing charges she beat and tortured her children and forced them to watch her kill their pets has been found competent to stand trial. State Distr...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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