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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

N.M. teen planned to shoot ex-girlfriend at school, documents say

ALBUQUERQUE – A note found in a 16-year-old boy’s pocket indicated that he had planned to kill his ex-girlfriend and others on Valentine’s Day, when he fired a gunshot inside his high school...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Speed caused light rail derailment that severed woman’s leg

DENVER – Transportation officials have fired the operator of a light rail train that derailed in suburban Denver – ejecting a woman and severing her leg – after determining the train was goi...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeals court upholds injunction against female topless ban

DENVER – A federal appeals court panel has upheld a lower court injunction against a Fort Collins ban on women going topless in public. The Denver Post reports the 10th U.S. Ci...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanches cause problems in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming

DENVER â€“ Road crews in parts of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming worked Friday to clear avalanches that had closed mountain highways and undertook mitigation efforts in avalanche-prone areas....

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor denounces Trump’s emergency declaration

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has denounced Donald Trump’s decision Friday to declare a national emergency so the president can find funds to build a southern border wall. Th...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups suing over gas drilling near homes in Battlement Mesa

GRAND JUNCTION â€“ A group of residents has filed a lawsuit to stop a plan to drill for natural gas near mobile homes in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports that Battl...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Reward for info in 2014 Navajo Nation killing raised to $10K

ALBUQUERQUE – The FBI is raising its reward to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a 2014 killing on the Navajo Nation. The rewar...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado legislators work to close sexual assault law loophole

DENVER – When Senon Louis Ramirez’s conviction for sexually assaulting one of his foster children was overturned last year because of a loophole in Colorado law, there was outrage over how s...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest U.S. sees some drought relief, experts say

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Drought conditions in much of the southwestern United States have improved because of surges of moisture over the last few months. But national forecasters and climate ex...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Democrats reintroduce ‘red flag’ gun bill

DENVER – Colorado Democrats have introduced a bill to permit the seizure of guns from people deemed to pose a threat by a judge. The “red flag” bill would allow family or law enfo...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News