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Social worker and daughter found slain in Albuquerque home

ALBUQUERQUE – Police are calling the deaths of a veteran New Mexico social worker and her 19-year-old daughter in their southeast Albuquerque home a double killing, and have not identified a...

Hot winds fan wildfires in Phoenix area forest, grasslands

SUPERIOR, Ariz. – Hot, dry winds fanned a wildfire that has burned for two weeks in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials looked Saturday to forecasts that gusts would dimini...

Santa Fe’s ‘Alzheimer’s Cafe’ helping people with dementia

SANTA FE – Monthly gatherings in Santa Fe focusing on creative stimulus for those living with Alzheimer’s or dementia are helping to boost a trend that’s growing nationwide. The c...

Man pursuing record for hiking notorious Colorado trail

MANITOU SPRINGS – A Colorado man seeks to break a record for hiking a notoriously steep and difficult trail as many times as he can in a year. The current record is 1,719 ascents ...

New Mexico unemployment rate holds at 5%

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 5%. Among states, only Alaska has higher unemployment. The New Mexico Department of ...

Colorado bison herd growing much faster than expected

FORT COLLINS – A bison herd in northern Colorado is growing much faster than expected. The herd at a natural area north of Fort Collins began three years ago as 10 genetically pur...

Family of men shot by Phoenix police emboldened after video

PHOENIX – Relatives of Hector Lopez, who was fatally shot by Phoenix police in May, say passing officers have laughed and made obscene gestures – a charge the department vehemently denies – ...

Umpire, 13, warned coaches, spectators to calm down before brawl at youth ballgame

Josh Cordova is 13. That does not mean he’s in possession of less wisdom and common sense than some of the adults in his Colorado community. Cordova was the umpire at a youth base...

Winds fanning wildfire in national forest east of Phoenix

SUPERIOR, Ariz. – Hot, dry winds are fanning a wildfire in a national forest east of Phoenix, but fire officials haven’t ordered more residents to leave an area where than the 700 homes are ...

3 men who escaped Colorado immigrant detention center caught

DENVER – Authorities have captured three men who escaped from an immigrant detention center in Colorado. KMGH-TV in Denver reported Friday the men were found in three locations bu...

Denver man gets 10 years in prison for $19M Ponzi scheme

DENVER – A Denver man who bilked investors out of $19 million in a Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. The Denver Post reported Friday that 72-year-o...

Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

SALT LAKE CITY – An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-gr...