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Man on Boy Scouts trip in Colorado dies in rafting accident

CAÑON CITY – A 42-year-old Texas man on an excursion with a large group of Boy Scouts died in a rafting accident in southern Colorado. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper tells Th...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police arrest motorcyclist accused of Pride crosswalk damage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have arrested a motorcyclist days after they say he vandalized a rainbow-colored crosswalk ahead of the city’s PrideFest. A criminal complaint say...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Water advisories issued for 3 sections of Arkansas River

CANON CITY â€“ Commercial rafting companies are avoiding three sections of the Arkansas River in Colorado after high water level advisories were issued. The Pueblo Chieftain re...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pays $700K in prison workers discrimination lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico has agreed to pay $700,000 to state prison workers who claimed they were discriminated against because of their age and faced retaliation after reporting the allegat...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge dismisses lawsuit targeting N.M. school district policy

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed a New Mexico school district was discriminating against charter school students by excluding them from its campus events. ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico proposes new cap on medical pot production

SANTA FE – New Mexico proposed new pot production rules Tuesday intended to shore up supplies to its medical marijuana program without flooding the rapidly expanding market. Under...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Inmate found hanging in El Paso County jail cell dies

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ An inmate who was found hanging in her cell at the El Paso County jail last week has died. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the woman, whose name has n...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Civil rights group seeks probe of Hispanic hiring at UNM

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico chapter of the oldest Hispanic civil rights group in the U.S. is calling on state and federal authorities to investigate hiring practices at the University of Ne...

DATE: Jun 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior’s Bernhardt quiet on possible new BLM headquarters

VAIL – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he is looking at every job in the Bureau of Land Management to determine if the role is essential and if it should be based in Washington, D.C....

DATE: Jun 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hikers report Colorado’s Hanging Lake isn’t overcrowded

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Surveys indicate that most hikers to a popular scenic Colorado lake say they don’t think the trail is too crowded. The Post Independent reported Sunday that ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado land agency asked to delay federal oil, gas leases

DENVER – State officials and conservationists want action delayed on new federal oil and gas leases proposed in Colorado. The Denver Post reports the Colorado Bureau of Land Ma...

DATE: Jun 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. challenges Trump administration’s quick-release asylum practices

SANTA FE – New Mexico and its largest city are suing the Trump administration to stem the quick release of asylum seeking migrants into local communities while demanding reimbursement for hu...

DATE: Jun 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News