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New Mexico limits providers to 1,750 marijuana plants

SANTA FE â€“ New Mexico will limit licensed medical marijuana providers to 1,750 mature cannabis plants, a drop from the 2,500 plants allowed under an expiring emergency state rule. ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Smash it! Albuquerque’s first ‘rage room’ opens

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest city is the latest to play host to a new business that allows people to unleash their rage. The ABQ Rage Room opened Thursday in Albuquerque, an...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Air Force Academy discovers contamination in water

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ The U.S. Air Force Academy says unsafe levels of chemicals were found in groundwater at four sites on the Colorado campus. The Gazette reported Thursday that ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain lion bites boy on head outside Colorado home

Officials search for lion with dogs

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Second bear sighted at University of Colorado Boulder

BOULDER â€“ Another bear was spotted at the University of Colorado Boulder days after wildlife officials captured a bear on the campus. KUSA-TV reports the bear was sighted near V...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two hippos to return to Colorado after Missouri ‘vacation’

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Two hippo sisters are getting ready to return to their newly remodeled home in Colorado after spending nearly two years at a Missouri zoo. The Springfield Ne...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vandals continue to hit LGBTQ, immigrant New Mexico church

ALBUQUERQUE – Vandals continue to target a New Mexico church known for welcoming LGBTQ residents and immigrants. KRQE-TV reports Metropolitan Community Church members said this we...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Congressman: Space Command’s initial home will be Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS – The initial headquarters for the Pentagon’s new Space Command will be at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, a congressman said Wednesday. The command will offic...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hickenlooper joins Colorado’s crowded Senate race after dropping presidential bid

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who dropped out of the Democratic presidential contest last week, has launched a bid for a U.S. Senate seat with the aim of ousting Cory Gardner, rega...

DATE: Aug 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

College’s Roswell campus may arm security guards

ROSWELL, N.M. – A college campus in southeastern New Mexico is mulling a plan to arm its security guards. KOB-TV reports a proposal to arm guards at Eastern New Mexico University’...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

4 ordered to pay fines for Wyoming ski violation last winter

JACKSON, Wyo. â€“ Four skiers have been ordered to pay fines for illegally leaving a Wyoming ski boundary and entering an area of Grand Teton National Park that had been closed because of av...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court: Electoral College members not bound by popular vote

DENVER – A U.S. appeals court in Denver said Electoral College members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren’t bound by the popular vote in their states. ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News