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Colorado law says inmates can’t be held at ICE request

DENVER – A new Colorado law says people suspected of being in the country illegally can’t be kept in jail simply at the request of immigration officials. Gov. Jared Polis signed t...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The border wall GoFundMe finally broke ground. Then a cease-and-desist order arrived.

A crowdfunding effort to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border unveiled its progress over the weekend, quelling skepticism from some supporters of the $22 million fundraising campaign. But ...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Memorial procession for Navajo lawmaker traverses state

SANTA FE – A procession in honor of deceased state Sen. John Pinto will travel from Gallup to the state Capitol to honor the former Navajo Code Talker and politician. The processi...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior secretary, tribes meet amid drilling fight

CHACO CANYON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has met with tribal leaders who are supporting legislation to prevent drilling on land they consider sac...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor signs immigrant driver’s license bill

DENVER – A bill increasing the number of locations where Colorado residents who are in the country illegally can obtain driver’s licenses has become law. Gov. Jared Polis signed t...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona border activist going on trial for helping migrants

PHOENIX – A border activist charged with helping a pair of migrants with water, food and lodging is set to go on trial in U.S. court in Arizona. Defendant Scott Daniel Warren has ...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado campus photographed for facial recognition research

DENVER – More than 1,700 people walking on a University of Colorado campus were unknowingly photographed as part of a facial recognition research project. The Denver Post rep...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Authorities search for bear that bit hiker in Colorado

ASPEN – Wildlife officials were searching Tuesday for a black bear that bit a woman’s leg as she hiked in Colorado. The woman and her husband told wildlife officials they saw the ...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group vowing to build border wall puts up New Mexico segment

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – A leader with the group that has been raising money to build a southern border wall on its own says they erected less than a mile of wall on private land in New Mexico o...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eight weak tornadoes, hail hit Colorado’s northeastern plains

DENVER – Severe thunderstorms produced eight weak tornadoes over Colorado’s northeastern plains while snow fell in parts of the mountains on the unofficial start of summer. The Na...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. lab scientist charged with lying about China contact

ALBUQUERQUE – A scientist for a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on charges that he lied about contact he had with a state-run program in China that seek...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado climber dies after reaching top of Mount Everest

DENVER – A Colorado climber died shortly after getting to the top of Mount Everest and achieving his dream of scaling the highest peaks on each of the seven continents, his brother said Mond...

DATE: May 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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