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Memorial service held for Colorado girl after remains found

GREELEY – Hundreds gathered in a Colorado church to remember a 12-year-old girl, whose remains were found last month more than three decades after her disappearance. The Gree...

Lawsuit pauses Forest Service’s logging project in Colorado

ASPEN – The U.S. Forest Service has put a logging project in Colorado on hold as it deals with a lawsuit. The Aspen Times reported Monday that the agency had authorized the pla...

Navajo Nation, Albuquerque sign deal to combat racism

GALLUP, N.M. – The nation’s largest Native American reservation and New Mexico’s largest city have signed an agreement aimed at protecting Navajo Nation members from discrimination. ...

1 of the missing ‘moon trees’ in New Mexico believed found

SANTA FE – Officials believe they may have found one of the missing trees planted in New Mexico from seeds taken to the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. KOAT-TV reports former N...

Black man’s family wants review of Colorado police shooting

DENVER – Attorneys for the family of a young black man who was fatally shot by Colorado police called Monday for an independent special prosecutor to investigate his death. Survei...

2 education groups urge caution on New Mexico tests revamp

ALBUQUERQUE – Two New Mexico education advocacy groups are urging caution as state officials work to revamp a student assessment test. NewMexicoKidsCAN and Teach Plus said last we...

New Mexico governor names new education secretary

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has named a regional official with a national nonprofit group as the new leader of the state’s public education department. ...

Colorado wildfire helicopters training to fight at night

They’ve always been grounded at sunset

Bear breaks into house, leaves by pushing through a wall

DENVER – A black bear broke into a Colorado house over the weekend and left by breaking through a wall “like the Kool-Aid Man.” Estes Park police say the break-in occurred Friday ...

New Mexico prepares to overhaul medical marijuana market

SANTA FE – A hearing officer has endorsed key provisions of a plan designed to shore up cannabis supplies to New Mexico’s medical marijuana program without flooding the expanding market, acc...

Coffman sets apparent fundraising record in Aurora race

AURORA – Former U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman apparently has set a fundraising record in his campaign for Aurora mayor. Sentinel Colorado reports that Coffman had raised nearly $440,0...

Agency awards $6M to New Mexico to battle opioid crisis

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal agency has awarded grants totaling $6 million for New Mexico programs to combat the state’s opioid crisis. A statement Friday by the state’s congressional ...