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Hearing about medical pot for ailing pets delayed in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A pubic hearing has been delayed on a petition to open up New Mexico’s medical marijuana program to ailing pets. New Mexico’s medical cannabis advisory board declined t...

Colorado initiative would OK reintroducing the gray wolf

DENVER – Wildlife activists want Colorado voters to decide next year if the endangered gray wolf should be reintroduced in the state decades after it was hunted to near-extinction. ...

‘Olympic City’ sign defaced in protest about police shooting

The “Olympic City USA’’ sign that greets drivers on Interstate 25 entering Colorado Springs has been vandalized with a reference to a teenager who was shot and killed by police last summer. ...

Agency halts monitoring of university on sexual misconduct

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Department of Justice is ending its monitoring of the University of New Mexico’s compliance with a 2016 agreement on prevention and its handling of sexual assault and ...

New Mexico considers medical marijuana for ailing pets

SANTA FE – New Mexico is considering whether ailing household pets should have access to medical marijuana prescribed by veterinarians. The state’s medical cannabis advisory board...

Albuquerque breaks homicide record amid worries over crime

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest city has broken its modern homicide record amid increasing concerns about violent crime and recent questions about how officials were calculating crime sta...

Scientist: Complaints about rodent infestation led to firing

SOCORRO, N.M. – A New Mexico scientist says she was fired from a New Mexico Tech lab job after complaining about a rodent infestation. Chemical engineer Glenanne Johnson was termi...

Lawsuit: New Mexico officer mistakenly fired gun during stop

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Two New Mexico men say a Las Cruces police officer accidentally shot at them during a routine traffic stop and unlawfully held them for three hours. A civil rig...

New Mexico utility regulators weigh costs of coal phase-out

SANTA FE – Miners, environmentalists and utility customers weighed in Monday about the future of a major coal-fired power plant in New Mexico and a disputed financial plan to shutter the fac...

University to end funding for Colorado student news outlet

DENVER – The University of Colorado Boulder’s media college announced Monday that it will stop funding its student-run news outlet. The Denver Post reports the university plans...

Planned Parenthood shooting suspect faces federal charges

DENVER – A man who has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial in state court in the killing of three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Clinic in 2015 is now facing federal char...

35% of Colorado high school students earning college credit

DENVER – Colorado education officials say students are earning college credit while still studying for their high school diplomas. The Colorado Sun reports that about 35% of publi...