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DA: No death penalty for teen in Colorado school shooting

CASTLE ROCK – Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty against a teen charged in a shooting at a suburban Denver school that killed a student. In a court filing on Thursday, ...

Sarah Syverson chosen as Mancos Citizen of the Year

Local artist selected for honor

Stepmother returned to Colorado to face charges in boy’s death

COLORADO SPRINGS – A woman suspected of killing her missing stepson was returned to Colorado on Thursday to face charges after being arrested in South Carolina. Letecia Stauch was...

Federal grant to fund NMSU research of Jupiter’s atmosphere

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Researchers at New Mexico State University have been awarded a three-year grant worth nearly $284,000 to study Jupiter’s atmosphere. The grant comes from NASA’s...

Minnesota man convicted of impersonating a border agent

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal jury in New Mexico has convicted a Minnesota man accused of impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year. Prosecutors say 45-year-old James Christoph...

Colorado tries to end time limits for sex abuse lawsuits

DENVER – More than a dozen years after a fierce fight to end time limits on filing sexual abuse lawsuits, Colorado lawmakers are trying again to get rid of the statute of limitations, saying...

Ice fishing season comes to an end in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Ice fishing season is coming to a close in northern New Mexico. Officials with New Mexico State Parks have deemed some lakes unsafe because of deteriorating ice co...

Report: Neighbor steals skeleton over offensive gesture

CUYAMUNGUE, N.M. – A New Mexico woman is facing a larceny charge after authorities say she stole a neighbor’s anatomical skeleton model that allegedly was making an offensive gesture toward ...

New Mexico bolsters supplies for coronavirus testing

SANTA FE – New Mexico health authorities said supplies have arrived to allow rapid testing for coronavirus infection as Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed confidence in the state’s prepar...

Special prosecutors in New Mexico to focus on rape cases

ALBUQUERQUE – Now that authorities are close to completing testing on a backlog of rape evidence kits, officials in New Mexico’s busiest judicial district announced a plan Wednesday for the ...

Senators reach $2B deal to boost conservation, parks

WASHINGTON – Senate leaders and the Trump administration have reached an election-year deal to double spending on a popular conservation program and devote more than a $1 billion a year to c...

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