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New Mexico jazz teacher fired for making fake awards

SANTA FE – A New Mexico School for the Arts teacher has been fired for falsifying awards for a student. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the school confirmed Monday that j...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

George R.R. Martin joins Meow Wolf as ‘chief world builder’

SANTA FE – George R.R. Martin, author of the novels that fueled “Game of Thrones,” is teaming up with Meow Wolf as the art collective’s chief world builder. Martin’s storytelling ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico courts push online tool for resolving debt

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s judicial system began rolling out a tool Monday aimed at making the process of settling credit card, medical and other debt more convenient by allowing people to h...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver mayor runoff centers on fast growth, gentrification

DENVER – A campaign for Denver mayor that culminates with a runoff on Tuesday has been dominated by feisty debate over how to manage a decade-long economic and population boom that has trans...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Handcuffed in the fifth grade: ‘Whenever I shut my eyes, I saw the cuffs’

Jake DiProfio was handcuffed at school four times this year. He’s 11 years old. The experience left him with nightmares, scars on his wrists, and a visceral fear of police. Seated...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Flood warning issued for Mancos River

High runoff cause waterways to swell

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

School psychologist chosen to replace Colorado lawmaker

GREELEY – A school psychologist and wife of Colorado’s state treasurer will take the place of a state lawmaker who resigned last month. The Greeley Tribune reports that a Democ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Career training program to stay in operation in Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – The U.S. Department of Labor says the Forest Service will stop operating Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers, slating nine for closure. The Daily Sentinel ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit claims oil boom imperils national park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists say U.S. land managers violated environmental laws and their own regulations when issuing dozens of leases to drill in one of the nation’s busiest oilfields. ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington police arrest suspect in stabbing death of a man

FARMINGTON – Police in Farmington have identified the victim in a homicide case along with the suspect who’s now in custody. Police say officers were dispatched to an apartment co...

DATE: Jun 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

University of New Mexico considering putting iron fence around campus

ALBUQUERQUE – University of New Mexico officials reportedly are considering a plan to put a 10-foot-tall, wrought iron fence around the school’s main campus for security purposes. ...

DATE: Jun 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News