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Colorado county judge arrested on suspicion of DUI in Kansas

DENVER – A part-time county judge in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Kansas. The Denver Post reports Baca County Judge Debra Gunkel wa...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal authorities seize $4 million in drugs in New Mexico

LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M. – Federal officials say officers seized 85 pounds of drugs on a road that runs through a reservation in New Mexico. Interior Department officials said Thursday...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff investigates jail inmate’s death in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Authorities say an inmate at a southern New Mexico jail died after becoming ill and collapsing in his cell. The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office says it is inve...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fight over energy law heads to New Mexico Supreme Court

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists and the state’s largest electric utility are asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to settle a dispute over whether the state’s new energy law must be considere...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More West Nile Virus cases being seen throughout Southwest

PHOENIX – West Nile Virus is increasingly being detected around the Southwest after a rainier winter, with a record number of cases in Arizona’s Maricopa County and seven deaths statewide th...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court calls for new hearing for convicted pipe bomber

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado Court of Appeals has called for a hearing to determine if evidence used to convict a man of murders in a series of pipe bomb attacks should have been allowed at...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Train strikes, kills man in Colorado

PUEBLO – Authorities say a train passing through Pueblo hit and killed a man. KRDO-TV reports police found the man’s body near the tracks early Friday. The train’s crew...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More West Nile cases reported in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials say five more cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in the state since the first human case was reported in early August. The Health ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-tribe chapter accounts specialist pleads guilty to fraud

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation officials say a former Tsayatoh Chapter accounts maintenance specialist has pleaded guilty to 16 counts of fraud. Tribal prosecutors say Roberta...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ruling opens New Mexico medical pot program to outsiders

SANTA FE – A judge has ruled that New Mexico’s medical marijuana program is open to people from outside the state who qualify based on a medical condition. The final ruling Thursd...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman who gave birth alone in Denver jail cell files lawsuit

DENVER – A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labor. ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado city bans flavored vaping products, ups buying age

BOULDER â€“ Boulder officials are moving forward with plans to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products containing nicotine. The Daily Camera reports the city counci...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News