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Bill advances to ban coyote-killing contests in New Mexico

SANTA FE – The state Senate has passed a bill that would ban contests to see who can shoot and kill the most coyotes. The bill from Democratic Sen. Jeff Steinborn of Las Cruces an...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque looks to end gridlock around balloon fiesta

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque is looking for ways to end the gridlock on city streets during the annual international balloon fiesta. The nine-day October event draws hundreds of thou...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city balks at Billy the Kid killer street name

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A New Mexico city is balking at the idea of renaming a street after the 19th century Old West sheriff who shot and killed the outlaw Billy the Kid. The Las C...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico trapping-ban bill signals shift in attitudes toward animals

TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. – New Mexico could become the latest state in the American West to place major restrictions on wildlife trapping as frontier ethics and suburban attitudes toward animal...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group of 180 migrants arrested at New Mexico border

ALBUQUERQUE – Another large group of migrants has been arrested after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, marking the latest in a wave of Central Americans who have been apprehended i...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Under homeless deal, Denver will give notice before seizures

DENVER – Denver will give homeless people notice before confiscating their belongings and make it easier for them to retrieve seized items under a proposed settlement of a federal class acti...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Fire Department plans to encrypt radio traffic

DENVER – The Denver Fire Department will take its radio traffic off public airwaves beginning in March after a decision to encrypt firefighter transmissions. The Denver Post re...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police search for caller who threatened Denver’s city hall

DENVER – Police are trying to track down a caller who made an unspecified threat against Denver’s city hall that led authorities to temporarily lock down the building. Deputy Mayo...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials say investor wants coal plant to stay open

FARMINGTON – Farmington officials say they have found an investor that could prevent a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico from closing. New York-based Acme Equiti...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado town cuts off water to some after supply drops

GRAND JUNCTION – A town in western Colorado cut off water to about a third of its users after officials discovered two major leaks that diminished the water supply. Paonia Town Ad...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Cesar Chavez, Dennis Chavez holiday clears House

SANTA FE – A proposed state holiday in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and the late farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez of California has passed the New Mexico House...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dolores Huerta to visit New Mexico as birthplace sits vacant

SANTA FE – Dolores Huerta, the Mexican-American social activist who formed a farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, is visiting the New Mexico Statehouse amid a push to name a street in her ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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