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New Mexico oil production improvements cause economic boom

SANTA FE – An economic boom in southeast New Mexico has been attributed to skyrocketing oil production. The Albuquerque Journal reported Friday that New Mexico’s revenue exceed...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police in fatal Colorado shooting return to active duty

DENVER – Two Colorado police officers put on leave after shooting a man as he ran away from them have returned to active duty, a department spokesman said Friday. Sgt. Alan Van’t ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico unemployment unchanged at 4.9% in July

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s unemployment rate in July remained at 4.9%. Seasonally adjusted figures released Friday show the jobless rate was unchanged from a month earlier but up ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National lab details $13B in building plans over next decade

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory have plans for $13 billion worth of construction projects over the next decade at the northern New Mexico complex as it prepare...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

V.P. Mike Pence to speak about trade agreement in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has been scheduled to visit New Mexico as a special guest for a United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade event. Local news stations...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Very large oversize load to travel on New Mexico highways

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials say a very large oversized load will be traveling at very slow speeds on several highways across part of New Mexico the next couple of days. The state Depa...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado OKs electric car requirement to fight air pollution

DENVER – Colorado tightened its air quality regulations on Friday, requiring that at least 5% of the vehicles sold in the state by 2023 emit zero pollution. The state Air Quality ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Latest bankers survey indicates shrinking rural economy

OMAHA, Neb. – The latest monthly survey of bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states indicates a shrinking rural economy, and three-quarters of bankers said President Donald Trump’s t...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfire outside Denver forces evacuation of homes

DENVER – Firefighters have gained 50% containment on a wildfire that forced the evacuation of more than 300 homes in a rural area southwest of Denver. The fire located in the De...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hickenlooper quits Democratic presidential race

Former Colorado governor says he’s mulling Senate run

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virgin Galactic reveals futuristic outpost for space tourism

UPHAM, N.M. – Spaceport America is no longer just a shiny shell of hope that space tourism would one day launch from this remote spot in the New Mexico desert. The once-empty hang...

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wet winter doesn’t end climate change risk to Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Snow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wi...

DATE: Aug 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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