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New Mexico may join popular vote compact

SANTA FE – New Mexico moved a step closer to participating in a compact with other states to elect the U.S. president by national popular vote on Tuesday with state Senate approval. ...

Court case centers on Native American children in foster care

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving Native American children is facing the most significant l...

Colorado boy arrested on suspicion of December mall shooting

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado police have arrested a teenage boy accused of a December triple shooting at a shopping mall. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that detectives ...

Weather service: Storm expected to produce dangerous winds in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Forecasters say a late winter storm is expected to produce dangerous winds making travel conditions dangerous across much of New Mexico Wednesday, with snow in some areas. ...

New Mexico forestry division gets first woman leader

SANTA FE – An associate director with The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico has been chosen as the first woman to lead the state forestry division. Laura McCarthy’s hiring was anno...

Deputies find 2 dead horses, 10 emaciated near Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS – Authorities say they found two dead horses and 10 that were in “various stages of emaciation” at a property near Colorado Springs. The Gazette reports El Pas...

New Mexico oil production marks record in 2018

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico has set a record, producing nearly 246 million barrels of oil last year. The latest statistics from the state Oil Conservation Division show that’s up mor...

Colorado has seen an ‘unprecedented’ avalanche onslaught this March

Since the beginning of March, Colorado has been dealing with what has been called an “historic and unprecedented” series of avalanches. As much as 100 inches of snow fell in spots during the...

Second New Mexico tribe launches sports betting

SANTA FE – A second New Mexico tribe is now offering sports betting. Pojoaque Pueblo’s Buffalo Thunder Casino opened its sports book Monday, joining Santa Ana Pueblo, which starte...

Winter storm takes aim at parts of Wyoming, Colorado

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A developing late winter storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions to parts of southeast Wyoming and eastern Colorado. The National Weather Service says th...

2,200 quarantined over mumps outbreak at immigration centers

PHOENIX – U.S. immigration authorities say more than 2,200 people exposed to a mumps outbreak in at least two detention facilities have been quarantined. Immigration and Customs...

New Mexico weighs America’s first government-run pot shops

SANTA FE – New Mexico would become the first U.S. state to set up its own government-operated marijuana stores and subsidize medical cannabis for the poor under a bill brokered between Repub...