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Marijuana ER visits climb in Denver hospital study

Five years after Colorado first legalized marijuana, a new study shows pot’s bad effects are sending more people to the emergency room. Inhaled marijuana caused the most severe pr...

Colorado man sentenced for abuse death of infant daughter

GREELEY – A Colorado man has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for causing the death of his infant daughter. The Greeley Tribune reports that 33-year-old Edward Be...

Key New Mexico, Texas oil highways getting upgrades

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Key highways in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas are getting much-needed upgrades to accommodate the rise in traffic from the region’s oil and gas boom. In ...

New Mexico game commissioners asked to resign

ALBUQUERQUE – Members of an influential commission that governs hunting, fishing and other wildlife management activities across New Mexico have been asked to resign, Gov. Michelle Lujan Gri...

New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall won’t seek Senate re-election

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Senator Tom Udall announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2020, opening a secure Democratic seat to competition and ending a chapter in a Western po...

Kirtland airmen involved in fatal street racing crash

ALBUQUERQUE – Kirtland Air Force Base says airmen were involved in a possible street-racing crash in Albuquerque that left a pedestrian dead. KOAT-TV reported Monday that base off...

New Mexico cannabis board to consider opioid addiction

SANTA FE, N.M. – It will be up to New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Board whether to recommend adding opioid addiction to the list of qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana prog...

Ex-New Mexico superintendent in crash still on payroll

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – A northern New Mexico school superintendent who resigned after he was cited by police for driving through a resident’s fence is still on the payroll. The Las Veg...

New Mexico Rep. Alcon presented with Vietnam War medals

VILLAGE OF MILAN, N.M. – A New Mexico state lawmaker has finally received his medals for his service during the Vietnam War. The Gallup Independent reports Democratic Rep. Eliseo ...

New Mexico archbishop again denounces ‘Santa Muerte’

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico archbishop is renewing his call for Catholics to stop worshipping the skeleton folk saint known as La Santa Muerte, or “Our Lady of Holy Death,” saying he fears so...

Indian Health Service receives funds for planning, building

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The agency responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians has received funding to continue planning for and building facilities in New Mexico an...

Opponents working to repeal Colorado popular vote law

GRAND JUNCTION – The effort to repeal a new law aimed at giving Colorado’s presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote is under way. The Daily Senti...