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Police arrest man suspected of killing Utah college student

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah college student last seen in a Salt Lake City park 11 days ago was abducted and killed and her remains burned in the yard of a man now facing aggravated murder and ot...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Shooting intensifies debate over future of Colorado school

DENVER – Questions about security at a Colorado school where a shooting killed a student and wounded eight others have reshaped a battle over the charter school’s future, prompting emotional...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe OKs change to allow ‘casitas’ amid high rents

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe City Council has approved a proposal aimed at making it easy for residents to rent out casitas or guesthouses amid rising rents in the state’s capital. Cou...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico horses test positive for virus; under quarantine

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal authorities say two horses in New Mexico have tested positive for Vesicular Stomatitis Virus. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say the Sandoval Count...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo authorities search for missing boy

SHIPROCK – Navajo authorities say they are searching for a missing 1-year-old boy in the Shiprock area. The Navajo Nation police say that Kyron Kelewood, who is 21 months, went mi...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

San Juan Medical Center to cut 5% of staff

Cuts at Farmington hospital will affect 78 employees

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area will be open on July 4

FRISCO – Officials with the Araphoe Basin Ski Area in central Colorado say it will be open for skiing on July 4 for the first time since 2011. The resort received nearly 7 feet of...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bond set for Aztec mother who allegedly boiled puppies in front of children

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico couple arrested in an abuse case marked by allegations of child beatings and tortured pets can be released on bond, a magistrate judge ruled Wednesday. ...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Person of interest’ emerges in case of missing Utah woman

SALT LAKE CITY – Police investigating the case of a college student who went missing in Utah 10 days ago said Thursday that the owner of a home they searched in connection with the disappear...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: 11 adults, 1 teen cited after Lakewood youth baseball brawl

LAKEWOOD – Police say a dozen people have now been cited for disorderly conduct after a brawl during a youth baseball game in Colorado. Lakewood police had previously announced th...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group wants grizzly bears restored to more U.S. states

BILLINGS, Mont. – Wildlife advocates are seeking a court order that would force U.S. officials to consider if grizzly bears should be restored to more Western states after the animals’ resur...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Navajo Nation cancer center cuts patients’ travel time

TUBA CITY, Ariz. – Colon cancer took a heavy toll on Loren McCabe’s family. His great-grandmother was diagnosed too late to fight it. His grandfather didn’t want to travel for tre...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News