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Booming New Mexico oil region to get $5M in airport upgrades

LOVINGTON, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico county has approved more than $5 million in upgrades to an airport in the heart of New Mexico’s booming oil region. The Hobbs News-S...

Colorado man gets 42 years for death of single mother of 4

PUEBLO – A man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for the shooting death of a single mother of four in southern Colorado. The Pueblo Chieftain reports 35-year-old Heith G...

Police release video, search for brawlers at kids’ game

LAKEWOOD – Colorado authorities say they are investigating a fist fight between adults over a teenage umpire’s calls during a youth baseball game involving 7-year-olds. Video s...

1 killed in Colorado asphalt plant accident

GREELEY – Authorities say one person has died in an accident at an asphalt plant in northeast Colorado. The Greeley Tribune reports that the firefighters responded about 9 p.m....

Senate panel focuses on missing, slain indigenous women

ALBUQUERQUE – A key congressional committee is holding a hearing on a slate of legislation aimed at addressing the deaths and disappearances of Native American women. The bills be...

10-year-old Colorado girl scales Yosemite’s famed El Capitan

SAN FRANCISCO – A 10-year-old Colorado girl has scaled Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, taking five days to reach the top of the iconic rock formation. Selah Schneiter of Glen...

Power project on Navajo Nation connects 233 homes to grid

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. – More than 230 homes on the Navajo Nation have been connected to the electric grid as part of a pilot project. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority worked wit...

Colorado judge apologizes after suspected DUI crash

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado state judge is apologizing after crashing his vehicle and being cited on suspicion of driving under the influence and careless driving. The Daily Se...

Phoenix police chief promises change amid civil rights claim

PHOENIX – Police Chief Jeri Williams promised change in her department after being booed by some of the hundreds of people gathered to discuss a videotaped police encounter that has caused a...

Body of man recovered from Colorado lake after night search

PUEBLO – Colorado emergency personnel have recovered the body of a man from a lake after an overnight search. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the body of 73-year-old David Bothel ...

New Mexico requires co-prescription of opioid reversal drug

SANTA FE – New Mexico is requiring that many opioid prescriptions for pain relief come with a second prescription that can reverse possible overdoses. A law that went into effec...

Pup fostering gives genetic boost to wild Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – It’s a carefully planned mission that involves coordination across state lines – from Mexican gray wolf dens hidden deep in the woods of New Mexico and Arizona to breeding faci...