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Hotel ousts singer Gretchen Wilson following noise complaint

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Country music star Gretchen Wilson, whose hit song, “Here for the Party,” features the lyrics, “And I ain’t leaving till they throw me out,” was ousted from a New Mexico h...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Planned burn turned wildfire causes evacuations in Colorado

FORT COLLINS – Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire that began as a controlled burn and is now threatening about 50 homes in northern Colorado. Residents were ordered to...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pot legalization plan subsidizes patients, pays police

SANTA FE – A New Mexico proposal for legal marijuana sales throughout the state unveiled on Wednesday would subsidize medical marijuana purchases for low-income patients with taxes on recrea...

DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police contest seeks to build ‘lowrider’ patrol

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest police force wants to go slow and low. The Albuquerque Police Department is inviting high school students to design the department’s first lowri...

DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forest Service, Colorado county to hire enforcement officers

ASPEN – A Colorado county has announced plans to collaborate with a federal forest agency to create and fill two wildlife enforcer positions. Aspen Daily News reports that Pitkin ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Colorado high temperature confirmed by weather officials

DENVER â€“ Weather officials have verified a new high temperature for Colorado that surpasses the previous record by a single degree. KCNC-TV reports the Colorado Climate Center c...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teachers’ strike continues in central Colorado

FAIRPLAY – Classes are canceled for a second day in a central Colorado district because of a strike by teachers. Teachers in the Park County School District RE-2 were picketing ag...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo voters elect new delegate to tribal council

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation Council has a new delegate. Carl Roessel Slater won a special election for a seat representing five Navajo communities in the Arizona portio...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man who killed family to be sentenced

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico man who shot and killed his parents and three young siblings when he was a teenager is scheduled to be sentenced. Nehemiah Griego will appear Tuesday in...

DATE: Oct 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police seek man who started fire at northern Colorado church

BOULDER – Police are looking for a man who started a fire that caused more than $5,000 in damage at a church in northern Colorado. The Boulder Daily Camera reports the man brok...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former contractor gets 20 years in prison for stealing $150K

GREELEY – A former contractor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing about $150,000 from more than a dozen clients in northern Colorado. Jamie Bock, who was convict...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Northern Colorado student tried to bite officer

GREELEY – Authorities say a University of Northern Colorado student was arrested for trying to bite a Greeley police officer in the groin. The Greeley Tribune reports 19-year-o...

DATE: Oct 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News