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Two Isleta Pueblo members receive lost Vietnam War-era medals

ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M. â€“ Two Isleta Pueblo members who served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War have been presented with military medals they earned but never received. U...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gasoline fundraiser for school supplies rankles and pleases

Chevron says it will donate up to $5 million through program

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo company keeps 1,200 workers after buying 3 coal mines

BILLLINGS, Mont. – A Navajo Nation company says it will retain 1,200 employees at three coal mines in Wyoming and Montana that it bought through a bankruptcy auction. The announce...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man convicted of machete robbery gets 9 years

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A New Mexico man convicted of robbing a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant with a machete in 2017 has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The Alamogordo Dail...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes

CORTEZ â€“ Finland has agreed to return to Native American tribes ancestral remains and artifacts taken more than a century ago from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the Southwest Uni...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Methane sensors put on planes, trucks in oil production zone

SANTA FE – Methane sensors will be put on planes, trucks and atop towers in the West Texas and southeastern New Mexico desert in a new effort to gauge the extent of greenhouse gas emissions ...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lost California dog found in southern New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A lost dog who belonged to a Los Angeles-area family has been found in southern New Mexico followed a three-state journey. KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports Be...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury acquits Denver sergeant of assaulting teen during chase

DENVER – A jury on Wednesday acquitted a Denver police officer accused of beating an unarmed 17-year-old with a metal baton, breaking the teen’s nose and one of his ankles. Sgt. J...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2 Colorado ski resorts begin making snow in race to open 1st

DENVER – Two Colorado resorts are making snow, starting the race to become the first ski area to open for the season. The Denver Post reports Arapahoe Basin and Keystone starte...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Oldest of Navajo Nation fairs runs through Sunday

SHIPROCK, N.M. â€“ The oldest of several Navajo Nation fairs starts this week in Shiprock. The Northern Navajo Nation Fair features traditional dances and ceremony, art displays, ...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man sentenced to prison for bulldozing federal land

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado man has been sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for destroying 3 acres of federal land with a bulldozer. The Daily Sentinel reports that Rober...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis helps launch ballot campaign to amend TABOR

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis joined the launch of a campaign urging Colorado voters to approve a November ballot measure that would let the state keep future excess tax revenue to spend it on s...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News