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Land management relocation plan to receive further scrutiny

GRAND JUNCTION – A federal oversight office will look into a plan to relocate Bureau of Land Management jobs to Colorado and other western states, officials said. The Government A...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-teacher in Aztec may plead guilty in New Mexico statutory rape

AZTEC – A former New Mexico high school teacher accused of statutory rape involving an underage student is expected to plead guilty to a felony sex charge. James Dee Coulter is sc...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fowl move: Stolen chicken returned to elementary students

ALBUQUERQUE – A school chicken stolen from a New Mexico elementary’s coop has been returned unharmed. KOB-TV reports the chicken, Polka Dot, was returned to the students of Hodgin...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pleads guilty in death of Navajo Nation police officer

ALBUQUERQUE – The man accused of gunning down a tribal police officer in a remote corner of the nation’s largest American Indian reservation has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado sheriff’s deputy sentenced for fatal crash

COLORADO SPRINGS – A former sheriff’s deputy in El Paso County has been sentenced to 60 days in jail or on work release for a July 2018 chain-reaction crash that killed an elderly couple and...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. water chief praises Colorado River deal, sees challenges

LAS VEGAS – States in the U.S. West that have agreed to begin taking less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action Thursday from the na...

DATE: Dec 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Front Range avalanche warning as storm system approaches

DENVER – Two rounds of heavy snowfall will increase backcountry avalanche danger in many regions of Colorado through the weekend. That’s the word from the Colorado Avalanche Infor...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe City Council moves forward with plans for $20M pipeline

SANTA FE – City officials in New Mexico have approved a proposed project to design and construct a $20 million pipeline that would funnel treated wastewater back into the Rio Grande River de...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Stolen pit bull to make cross-country trip back home

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A pit bull that was stolen from its owner in Montana and taken across the country to West Virginia is on its way back home, thanks to a microchip and a group of voluntee...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man who started Colorado wildfire ‘out of rage’ sentenced

FORT COLLINS – A 34-year-old Colorado man accused of starting a wildfire near Fort Collins “out of rage and resentment” last September pleaded guilty to an arson charge and was given a defer...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Colorado officer keeps job after drinking on duty

AURORA – A TV station said a suburban Denver police officer remains on the job after he was found passed out in a department vehicle after drinking on duty. Citing an internal pol...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico tribes get $36M for affordable housing projects

ALBUQUERQUE – Several Native American tribes in New Mexico will share more than $36 million in federal funding for affordable housing projects. The U.S. Housing and Urban Develo...

DATE: Dec 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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