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Health officials: Flu activity widespread in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials said flu activity already is widespread across the state and they’re recommending vaccinations to prevent spreading the illness. The Health ...

U.S. travelers brace for snowy Thanksgiving, ‘bomb cyclone’

MINNEAPOLIS – A storm packing heavy, blinding snow and fierce winds that wreaked havoc as it whipped through Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska marched into the upper Midwest on Wednesday as anx...

New Mexico braces for more wind, wintery weather

ALBUQUERQUE – Road crews are preparing for wintery conditions that will move across New Mexico over the next couple of days. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Albuq...

Permits on sale in N.M. to harvest Christmas trees on federal land

ALBUQUERQUE – Christmas tree permits are now available at Bureau of Land Management offices around New Mexico. Federal land managers said the $5 permits will be sold in Albuquerqu...

Albuquerque zoo welcomes baby ocelots

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque’s zoo is celebrating the births of two ocelots. Officials at the ABQ BioPark announced Tuesday that the kittens were born in October. Mammal C...

Trump order creates task force on missing Native Americans

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a White House task force on missing and slain Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The task force wi...

Colorado man to pay $6 million in wrongful death lawsuit

DENVER – A convicted Colorado man has agreed to pay $6 million to the parents of Shanann Watts, his pregnant wife he killed last year. The Denver Post reported Monday that a ...

Big snowstorm causes travel mayhem in Colorado and Wyoming

DENVER – A storm dumping heavy snow buried highways in Colorado and Wyoming on Tuesday, prompted school closures in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 people to sleep overnight in Denver’s ...

New gondola closes because of malfunction day after opening

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – The new gondola at Steamboat Resort in northern Colorado has been shut down because of a mechanical malfunction. The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports that ...

Albuquerque launches operation targeting violent offenders

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque officials said they are launching a new operation that will target the 15 most violent criminal offenders in the city. The “Metro 15 Operation” announced...

N.M. lawmakers, enforcers weigh response to El Paso mass shooting

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has convoked a second meeting of legislators and law enforcement officials in response to the August mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. ...

Colorado court won’t rethink ‘illegal’ sentencing decision

DENVER – Colorado court officials have denied a request to reconsider a ruling declaring the sentences of hundreds of criminal defendants to be illegal. The Denver Post reporte...