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Convicted felon gets four years for stealing $20 in burglary

GALLUP, N.M. – A convicted felon who admitted to breaking into a western New Mexico business and stealing less than $20 has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Gallup...

New Mexico wants language, cultural training for teachers

SANTA FE – New Mexico wants its public schools to become more attuned to the culture and languages of a heavily Hispanic and Native American population as it presses forward with fundamental...

Secretary of state quits 2020 Democratic bid for U.S. Senate

SANTA FE – An unrivaled path to the 2020 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate emerged Tuesday for Rep. Ben Ray Luján after his only challenger quit the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Uda...

Snow closes schools, government in Colorado

DENVER – The second snowstorm to hit Colorado in as many days shut down a stretch of Interstate 70 on Tuesday and prompted early closures of schools and state offices in the Denver area. ...

Colorado AG wins more time in illegal sentence case

DENVER – The Colorado attorney general’s office is working to determine how many criminal sentences could be invalidated by a recent ruling from the state Supreme Court. At issue ...

Lawsuit: Fertility doctor used own sperm to impregnate woman

GRAND JUNCTION – A family alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that a Colorado fertility doctor used his own sperm instead of that of an anonymous donor to impregnate a woman without her conse...

NTSB releases report on fatal explosion linked to pipelines

DENVER – Federal investigators say a fatal 2017 house explosion linked to an oil and gas well in Colorado occurred after lines then owned by Anadarko Petroleum likely were severed during the...

Project to fill defunct brine well in N.M. faces $9M shortfall

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A project seeking to stop a defunct brine well in southeastern New Mexico from collapsing and disrupting a major thoroughfare of the region’s oil industry faces an estimated...

Modular home maker IndieDwell to open Colorado factory

PUEBLO – A company that builds energy-efficient modular homes aimed at providing more affordable housing plans to open a factory in southern Colorado. IndieDwell announced Monda...

New Mexico ranchers deal with dry, cold conditions

ALBUQUERQUE – Drastic changes in the weather have left some cattle ill in parts of New Mexico as ranchers deal with cold, dry conditions. The latest crop report released Monday by...

New Mexico holds more meetings about hemp regulations

SANTA FE – New Mexico has developed a proposed final rule for regulating the hemp industry and it wants the public to weigh in. The first meeting on the proposal is set for Tues...

Independence Pass to Aspen closed for winter after snow

ASPEN – The mountain highway that provides a shorter scenic route to and from Aspen is closed for the season. Independence Pass closed for the winter Monday after a snowstorm that...