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Denver park where homeless people camp closed because of rats

DENVER – A park across from the state Capitol where homeless people have been camping was shut down Wednesday because officials say it has become infested with rats. More than 30 ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Theories persist about mystery drones seen in rural region

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – People insist they have spotted fleets of large drones crisscrossing rural America’s night sky, their mission mysterious, raising questions that have veered into conspiracy ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teen brothers killed in head-on crash in Santa Fe County

SANTA FE – Two teenage brothers were killed Tuesday in a head-on crash in rural Santa Fe County as they drove to Moriarity for school activities, the county Sheriff’s Office said. ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Superintendent of troubled Española schools steps down

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – A superintendent of a New Mexico school district plagued by a teacher shortage is stepping down. Española Public Schools superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez announced...

DATE: Jan 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former soldier given life sentence for drug heist killing

COLORADO SPRINGS – A former soldier stationed in Colorado received a life sentence for a drug robbery that ended in a deadly shootout. Tyler Lee Wheeler, 21, was sentenced Monday ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group: Cattle hooves, manure spoiling Southwest waterways

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – An environmental group is suing the federal government to try to keep livestock away from Southwest waterways that are home to threatened and endangered species. ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man given deferred sentence for forged ballots

SANTA FE – A New Mexico man received a deferred sentence for forging signatures on applications for absentee ballots in a 2016 municipal election. Dyon Herrera, 24, pleaded guilty...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Black Hawks to start border flights in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Black Hawk helicopters will start flights over a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border including New Mexico and Texas for border enforcement and search and rescue operations, sai...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Witness says Colorado stabbing suspect asked about God

COLORADO SPRINGS – Two of the people who were approached by a suspect accused of stabbing eight people during an apparent random rampage in Colorado Springs said the man asked them about the...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico universities share $5M for forest research center

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The National Science Foundation has awarded two New Mexico universities and the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute a $5 million grant to establish a com...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aquifer storage well marks first for New Mexico utility

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest water utility has started operating its first aquifer storage well, and officials say more direct injection wells are planned within the utility’s service ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff: 2 jail inmates escape after locking up deputy

WESTCLIFFE – Authorities in Colorado searched Monday for two inmates, including one suspected of attempted murder, who escaped from a jail in a small town after overpowering a guard and lock...

DATE: Jan 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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