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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...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. governor urges probe of immigrant processing center

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor is urging federal immigration authorities to open an investigation of conditions at a privately-managed processing center where Cuban migrants reportedly hav...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trial starts for Colorado man suspected of killing fiancee

CRIPPLE CREEK – Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Colorado man suspected of killing his flight instructor fiancee and burning her body on his ranch. It was expected to...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Chile capital of the world’ gets bus service to Las Cruces

HATCH, N.M. – A southern New Mexico county is expanding its rural transportation service to a village known as the “chile capital of the world.” The South Central Regional Transit...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Video: Albuquerque transit officers beat man trying to record them

ALBUQUERQUE – Two Albuquerque transit security officers have been on paid leave after video footage showed them beating a man who was trying to record them roughing up a detainee. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged with killing 5-year-old girl appears in court

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend’s daughter appeared in federal court Monday, nearly two months after the 5-year-old girl vanished from her yard and was ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman in Farmington now facing 15 felony charges in 5 cases

FARMINGTON – A woman who allegedly defrauded a Farmington business of more than $11,500 is facing new charges. Police say Brittany Lanier was arrested this week on suspicion of fi...

DATE: Oct 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dems in Congress demand update on Interior wild horse plans

RENO, Nev. – Congressional Democrats are demanding the Interior Department produce an overdue report on plans to manage wild horses roaming federal lands in the West after the head of its pu...

DATE: Oct 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor opposes Trump proposal on methane rules

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration is going on record against federal proposals to revoke Obama-era regulations on climate-changing methane leaks from many oi...

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Doctor fired over aid-in-dying lawsuit has new job

DENVER – A Colorado doctor fired by a Christian hospital company after trying to help a terminally ill man obtain drugs to hasten his death has a new job with a community health center. ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Officers fatally shoot man during confrontation

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police said officers fatally shot a man who confronted them during a traffic stop after a carjacking attempt. Police said the man shot Friday night was a...

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Auditor probes travel expenses of Cowboys for Trump founder

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – New Mexico’s Democratic state auditor is investigating a county’s travel reimbursement to one of its commissioners who founded the group Cowboys for Trump. The ...

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News