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New Mexico Senate endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate on Friday endorsed a “red flag” gun bill that has been prompted by concerns about a mass shooting last year in El Paso, Texas, and suicide prevention e...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ruling: Defense against excessive force by police is viable

SANTA FE – A court ruling says New Mexico criminal defendants may be allowed to argue that they were trying to defend another person from excessive force by an officer. The state ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. gives Colorado $10M to fix dam upstream of ski resort

BRECKENRIDGE – U.S. emergency management officials have given Colorado a $10 million grant to fix a dam upstream of the ski resort town of Breckenridge that’s listed in unsatisfactory condit...

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets life for fatal shooting at Denver-area bar

BRIGHTON – A man who shot an employee to death after a brawl at a suburban Denver bar has been sentenced to life in prison plus 100 years without parole. Gary Wideman was sentence...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teen pleads guilty to murder in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK – The younger of two students charged in a school shooting in suburban Denver that killed a classmate pleaded guilty Friday under an agreement that gives him a chance to be parol...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Senate endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate on Friday endorsed a “red flag” gun bill that has been prompted by concerns about a mass shooting last year in El Paso, Texas, and suicide prevention e...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Brother and sister sentenced for marijuana conspiracy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A sister and brother were sentenced Friday for their roles in a marijuana distribution ring that involved mailing marijuana from Colorado to Missouri. Natalie M...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Heavy snow, avalanche work close parts of Colorado’s I-70

DENVER – Portions of Interstate 70 through Colorado’s mountains were shut down Friday because of heavy snow and avalanche control work as a winter storm hit the Rockies. A stretch...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Couple facing charges in kangaroo, mountain lion possession

BELEN, N.M. – A New Mexico couple is facing charges for illegally importing exotic animals, including a mountain lion and kangaroo, for film productions. Kip and Chelsey Lewis are...

DATE: Feb 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Scammers steal $447,000 from county in N.M

ALBUQUERQUE – County officials in New Mexico have changed some of their internal procedures after acknowledging that Bernalillo County lost about $447,000 as a result of an online scam. ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman accused of lying to take away officer’s guns released

FORT COLLINS – A woman accused of lying when she filed a petition seeking to take away the guns of a university police officer involved in her son’s 2017 shooting death, one of the first att...

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

House committee OKs bill to ban hair discrimination

DENVER – A Colorado bill that would ban racial discrimination based on a person’s hairstyle in the workplace, at school and elsewhere is on its way to the House floor. Colorado’s ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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