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Sanders targets Bloomberg spending at Colorado rally

DENVER – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he wants to bring an end to a system in which billionaires can buy elections. Sanders referred to rival Michael Bloo...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

USS Arizona crew member, Pearl Harbor survivor dies age 97

COLORADO SPRINGS – One of the remaining USS Arizona crew members who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor has died. Donald Stratton passed away at his Colorado Springs home in his ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Farmington ex-mall employee knocked out former boss

FARMINGTON – A former mall employee in northwestern New Mexico is facing charges after authorities say he knocked out his former boss and broke his nose. Court documents show that...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Diocese of Gallup to sell historic school property in uproar

GALLUP, N.M. – The Diocese of Gallup has announced it will sell the property of the historic Sacred Heart School to a secular charter school. The Gallup Independent reports wor...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Key Democratic New Mexico senator won’t seek re-election

RIO RANCHO – New Mexico Sen. John Sapien, a key moderate Democratic senator who represents a swing district outside of Albuquerque and who has been a champion for early childhood education, ...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Searchers recover bodies of 2 killed in Colorado avalanche

VAIL – Searchers have recovered the bodies of two Colorado men who died after being caught in a weekend avalanche in central Colorado, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported Sund...

DATE: Feb 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman arrested on suspicion of trying to steal baby

TACOMA, Wash. – A Washington woman and her teenage daughter are suspected of drugging a new mother after posing as photographers in an elaborate plot to kidnap the mother’s newborn baby, aut...

DATE: Feb 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Statistics show rise in accidental shootings in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – Statistics show accidental shootings are on the rise in Albuquerque. The Albuquerque Journal reports 37 accidental shootings reported in the city last year compar...

DATE: Feb 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Searchers looking for 2 men missing after Colorado avalanche

VAIL – Searchers are looking for two men who are missing and presumed dead after a weekend avalanche in the Vail area, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. Three men wer...

DATE: Feb 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

78-year-old Denver woman dies at cross county ski course

GRANBY – A 78-year-old Denver woman has died after going missing at a cross country ski course northwest of Denver, Grand County officials said. The woman was last seen Thursday a...

DATE: Feb 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teen arrested at Albuquerque high school with 2 loaded guns

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say a 16-year-old boy was arrested after being found with two loaded guns on the campus of the Albuquerque high school he attends. The sophomore at Atris...

DATE: Feb 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Skier suffocates to death after getting caught in chairlift at Vail

VAIL – A skier appears to have suffocated to death at a Colorado resort after he fell through an opening in a chairlift seat and became caught with his coat wrapped around his head and neck,...

DATE: Feb 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News