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Winter weather expected to strike New Mexico

SANTA FE – Parts of New Mexico are expected to be hit with winter weather that will bring snow and cold temperatures. The National Weather Service in Albuquerque said Monday a sto...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado State Patrol urges drivers to move over

The Associated Press DENVER – The Colorado State Patrol is urging drivers to move over if they see authorities stopped along the state’s highways. One trooper and three...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ballots for Aspen election sent to dozens of underage voters

ASPEN – Dozens of teenagers in a Colorado ski resort town were sent ballots by mistake for a municipal election next month. The Aspen Times reports the Pitkin County Clerk and ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado restaurateurs want one straw law to rule them all, not many local ones.

There’s something missing at Centro Mexican Kitchen in Boulder. Once you take a seat, a waiter brings a glass of water, but no straw. Ask for one and you’ll get a paper straw. The...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver Police plan to encrypt radio traffic this spring

DENVER – Denver Police plan to encrypt the department’s radio traffic, blocking public access. The Denver Post reports that the department will require news media to sign an ag...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Man is accused of extreme animal cruelty

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque say a man has been accused of extreme animal cruelty after the alleged beating of a dog. According to court documents obtained by KOB-TV, Gabri...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

KKK hoods found in Denver-area yearbook from 1978 to ’80

DENVER – A review of Denver-area yearbooks in recent decades found photos of students wearing Ku Klux Klan-style hoods for several years at one suburban high school and students in blackface...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers: U.S. budget measure includes $50M for Amtrak route

SANTA FE – Lawmakers say a federal budget compromise approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump provides $50 million of additional federal funding to maintain Amtrak rail pass...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico shuns proposal to raise royalty rates on oil

SANTA FE – New Mexico state legislators shunned a proposal to increase the maximum royalty rate for oil and natural gas production on state trust lands that generate money for public schools...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. judge sets conditions of release for ex-priest

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico judge has set conditions of release for a former Catholic priest accused of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old boy in the 1980s. KOB-TV reports a judge ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriffs fight gun bills with ‘sanctuary county’ resolutions

ALBUQUERQUE – A handful of rural counties in New Mexico are passing resolutions saying they will not require their sheriffs to enforce a sweeping slate of gun-control proposals that have gon...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico library killer sentenced to life in prison

CLOVIS, N.M. – A New Mexico teenager convicted of opening fire and killing two people at a public library will spend decades in prison before being eligible for parole under a sentence impos...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News