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Conservative group sues to halt New Mexico’s new gun laws

SANTA FE – A conservative coalition is suing to overturn New Mexico’s new gun laws requiring background checks. The Albuquerque Journal reports the New Mexico Patriots Advocacy...

Less than a third of N.M. students test proficient

ALBUQUERQUE – Less than a third of all New Mexico students are proficient in reading and only about one-fifth are proficient in math, according to results released Friday. The res...

Official: Arizona to resume executions after 5-year hiatus

PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich says Arizona is poised to resume executions after a five-year hiatus brought on by an execution that critics said was botched, a subsequent lawsuit c...

Environmentalists, tribes blast off-road vehicle plan for Bears Ears

SALT LAKE CITY – The U.S. government has decided to allow off-road vehicles access to some archaeologically sensitive land at a Utah national monument that houses sacred tribal sites under a...

Boy sells lemonade after promising dying dad a date with mom

DENVER – A 6-year-old boy honored a promise to his late father by opening a lemonade stand so he could take his mom on a date. KDVR-TV reports Brady Campbell opened the stand the ...

Rafter found dead in northern Colorado’s Poudre River ID’d

FORT COLLINS – Authorities have confirmed that a body recovered from northern Colorado’s Poudre River is that of a rafter who went missing late last month. The Coloradoan reports ...

Colorado man gets 22-year sentence for sex trafficking

AURORA – A Colorado sex offender has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for trafficking two teenage girls for sex. The Colorado Sentinel reports 32-year-old Raymond Fredericks w...

Man who fell to death from cliff in Colorado Springs ID’d

COLORADO SPRINGS – Authorities have released the name of a man who died after falling about 85 feet while climbing a cliff at Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs. The G...

Colorado man wins third time in retaliatory speech lawsuit

GRAND JUNCTION – A court has rejected a third attempt by a Texas energy firm to punish an environmental activist for exercising his free speech rights. The Daily Sentinel reports ...

New Mexico city reduces penalties for marijuana possession

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A New Mexico city has reduced the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, bringing the city measure in line with a new state law. The Alamogor...

Colorado town of Fraser sued over ‘unconstitutional’ sign restrictions

DENVER – A Colorado town is being sued after prohibiting residents from displaying political signs on their property. The Denver Post reported Thursday that the American Civil Lib...

Groups seek to intervene in N.M. power plant case

ALBUQUERQUE – County commissioners in northwestern New Mexico and a water utility that serves the state’s largest metro area want to intervene in a regulatory case over the upcoming closure ...