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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...

Virus affects livestock in 14 Colorado counties

DENVER – 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...

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 ...

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...

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 “...

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. ...

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...

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...

Colorado man charged in woman’s 1988 slaying pleads insanity

COLORADO SPRINGS – A man accused of killing a woman in Colorado Springs in 1988 when he was 15 years old has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The Gazette reports 46-year-...

Activists submit signatures to overturn electoral votes law

DENVER – A Colorado citizens’ campaign turned in thousands of voter signatures Thursday in hopes of repealing a new law that would pledge the state’s presidential electoral votes to the nati...

Report: Visits to New Mexico museums, historic sites drop

ALBUQUERQUE – State officials say visits to New Mexico museums and historic sites have fallen. The Albuquerque Journal reports New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs says overa...

Some New Mexico school districts protest proposed medical cannabis rule

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico education officials have proposed requiring school districts to designate someone to administer and store students’ medical cannabis — a rule some districts have pro...