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Hunter recovering after grizzly attacks in Montana mountains

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana officials say a Washington state man remains in stable condition and two New Mexico men have been treated and released after back-to-back grizzly bear attacks in the...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Audit blasts Colorado civil rights division on transparency

DENVER – The state auditor’s office has found that Colorado’s Civil Rights Division investigates discrimination complaints too slowly and that its Civil Rights Commission operates without tr...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Girl found dead in 2016 in Texas may be from Arizona

MADISONVILLE, Texas – The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children said a girl whose remains were found three years ago in a suitcase along a Texas pasture was likely from Southeast ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: New Mexico child dies after being left in vehicle

HOBBS, N.M. – A New Mexico woman has been charged in the death of a toddler who was left in a vehicle. Investigators with the Hobbs Police Department say Tammy Brooks was supposed...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs tuition-free college for local students

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor wants to provide free tuition and waive fees for in-state students across the state’s network of public universities, colleges and community colle...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico state Sen. Carlos Cisneros dies at 71

SANTA FE – New Mexico state Sen. Carlos Cisneros, a Democrat from Questa who served in the Legislature for 35 years as a key negotiator on state spending, has died. He was 71. Cis...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hiker found safe after he went missing for two days

ASPEN –A 66-year-old Denver man has been found safe after he went missing for two days in the western Colorado mountains. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office says Neil James Brosse...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico tribe loses claim to national preserve

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal judge has rejected an effort by a Native American tribe to reclaim Valles Caldera National Preserve. U.S. District Judge James Browning issued a sealed opi...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups sue over pollution downstream of Los Alamos lab

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. â€“ Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over stormwater contamination downstream of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The groups...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico has joined opioids settlement with Purdue

SANTA FE – New Mexico state prosecutors have reversed course to join in a tentative financial settlement over the role that OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation’s opioid addict...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former GOP governor says Trump can win her border state

SANTA FE – President Donald Trump’s direct appeal to Hispanic voters in New Mexico for support ahead of the 2020 election was greeted enthusiastically Tuesday by former Republican Gov. Susan...

DATE: Sep 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado defense claims ‘anti-Mexican bias’ in shooting case

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado defense attorney has asked a judge to bar references of a man’s immigration status at trial and any potential sentencing hearing calling it “anti-Mexican bias.”...

DATE: Sep 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News