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Albuquerque reacts to Texas shooting by deploying police

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s most populous city is reacting to the mass shooting Saturday in El Paso, Texas, by stepping up security at shopping stores and some department stores such as Walma...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials help endangered minnow amid strong Rio Grande

SAN ANTONIO, N.M. – A federal agency is taking advantage of high water levels in the Rio Grande to help a tiny minnow listed as an endangered species. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation w...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Video shows YouTube ‘King of Random’ fatal crash

ST. GEORGE, Utah – A Utah sheriff’s official says the creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random” shot video that showed his fatal paragliding crash and that it indicates the craft crash...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coroner: Worker at tank fire died of self-inflicted wound

WINDSOR – The Weld County coroner says a man found by officials responding to a fire at an oil tank near Windsor died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Loveland Reporter-H...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico legislator pleads not guilty to aggravated DWI

SANTA FE – State Sen. Richard Martinez has pleaded not guilty to aggravated DWI and waived his right to an arraignment in court on the charge stemming from a June crash. The 66-ye...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus affects livestock in 14 Colorado counties

DENVER â€“ A rabies-like virus outbreak primarily affecting horses has been found in 14 Colorado counties. The Denver Post reports that the state agricultural department says 2...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utility’s tree trimmings becoming food for zoo animals

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico utility’s trimmings are becoming food for plant-eating animals at Albuquerque’s zoo. Public Service Co. of New Mexico says it is collaborating with the ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump portrait adorns Colorado Capitol after Putin prank

DENVER – President Donald Trump finally joined the Colorado state Capitol’s wall of presidential portraits on Thursday, a year after a prankster placed a picture of Russian President Vladimi...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit: Urgent care center missed cancer that later spread

SANTA FE – An urgent care center failed to diagnose a Santa Fe woman’s condition in 2017 and 2018, leading to a terminal cancer diagnosis, according to court documents Elizabeth “...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Woman threw dog out third-floor apartment window

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police say a woman is accused of throwing her dog out of a window of her third-floor apartment and killing it and then kicking officers who arrested her. ...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado agencies tell landowner to stop water discharges

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado agencies have sent cease-and-desist orders to a landowner, telling him to stop discharges of water on his property that have weakened walls of a canyon where Inters...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado rescuers locate body of girl swept away by river

ASPEN – Colorado authorities have located the body of teenager who was missing after being swept away by a river. The Aspen Daily News reports the 16-year-old girl was taken by th...

DATE: Aug 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News