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USDA: Arizona, New Mexico areas eligible for drought loans

PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has designated four counties in Arizona and 21 counties in New Mexico as primary disaster centers eligible for emergency loans because of...

DATE: Mar 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico considers medical cannabis to wean opioid users

SANTA FE, N.M. – Proponents of sanctioning medical marijuana use as a tool for treating opioid withdrawal symptoms are making their case to the new administration of Democratic Gov. Michelle...

DATE: Mar 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge rules faith institute exempt from ACA abortion mandate

DENVER – A federal judge has ruled the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute is not subject to abortion-related requirements under the Affordable Care Act. The Colorado Springs Gazett...

DATE: Mar 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Neighbor ID’d as suspect in shooting recorded on cellphone

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police were looking Friday for a man identified as the suspect in a fatal shooting of his next door neighbor after the killing was recorded on the victim’s cellphone. ...

DATE: Mar 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aztec city commission meeting cut short after gun resolution fails

AZTEC – A city meeting was cut short after some attendees became unruly when officials rejected a resolution that would have barred the use of city resources to enforce certain gun laws. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis signs hospital transparency bill into law

DENVER – Colorado hospitals will have to report annual spending under a transparency law signed Thursday by Gov. Jared Polis. The bipartisan effort is part of Polis’ goal to reduc...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Senate passes ‘red flag’ gun bill

DENVER – Colorado’s Senate on Thursday passed a so-called “red flag” bill designed to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed by a court to be a risk to themselves or others. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico adopts election-day voter registration

SANTA FE – New Mexico will extend voter registration through Election Day beginning in 2020 under a new law that does away with a 28-day registration blackout before elections. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Maryland man dies in ski accident in Colorado

ASPEN – A 57-year-old Maryland man has died of injuries received in a fall during a ski run at a Colorado resort. The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office says Joseph Bottiglieri of Roc...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico launches interactive map of methane emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico regulators have launched an online interactive map based on methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry. Environment Secretary James Kenney sa...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legal hemp, pot’s look-alike, creates quandary for police

Several people have been arrested transporting hemp across state lines

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Reservations available for Hanging Lake on April 1

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The city of Glenwood Springs and the Forest Service partnership for Hanging Lake has announced that reservations for a permit to visit Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon wi...

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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