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New Mexico House halts lottery expansion to sports betting

SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico House of Representatives has endorsed a bill that would halt plans to create a state lottery game tied to the outcome of sports. The bill from Repu...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Preschool funding proposal stalls in New Mexico Senate

SANTA FE â€“ A proposal to increase spending on early childhood education from a multibillion-dollar state trust has stalled in the New Mexico state Senate and appears unlikely to advance th...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico raises cap for medical marijuana producers

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s medical marijuana producers have received approval from state regulators to temporarily boost by fivefold the number of plants they are allowed to grow as the resu...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Survey: Half of rees in poor condition or dead in N.M. town

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Officials say nearly half of the trees surveyed in Las Vegas are in poor condition or dead. The Las Vegas Optic reports state forestry officials told resident...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmaker pushing ‘historic hotels trail’

SANTA FE, N.M. – A New Mexico lawmaker wants state tourism officials to create a trail centered on historic hotels in the state. KRQE-TV reports Rep. Matthew McQueen said a histor...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanche danger high in Colorado mountains after I-70 slide

DENVER – The avalanche danger in Colorado’s northern and central mountains was high Monday a day after a snow slide tumbled down a mountain and spilled across an interstate. The a...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials break ground on pipeline project

CLOVIS, N.M. – A multimillion-dollar project aimed at shoring up drinking water supplies for communities in eastern New Mexico is moving ahead after decades of planning and meetings. ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowboarder dies after crash on Aspen Mountain

ASPEN – Authorities say a 30-year-old man has died after a snowboarding crash on Aspen Mountain. The Aspen Times reports that Aaron Joseph Hill of Aspen was snowboarding in a c...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado hockey coach sentenced for sex crime

FORT COLLINS – A judge has imposed the maximum sentence of 24 years to life in prison on a former Colorado volunteer hockey coach who fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution on child sex assault...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coal-plant owners, Navajo Nation at impasse over takeover of plant

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The owners of one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West say negotiations with a tribe to take over the plant have hit an impasse. The Navajo Genera...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dog who shot his owner in New Mexico hunting mishap has died

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico man who made headlines last year when he was shot in the back by his dog in a hunting mishap says the pet has died. Sonny “Tex” Gilligan tells the ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores Huerta joins right-to-die bilingual push in four states

SANTA FE – Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta is joining a push in New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey and New York to legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients and garner s...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News