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New Mexico lags behind neighbors in population growth

SANTA FE – New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show New Mexico’s headcount remains largely flat while other states in the western region have among the fastest-growing populations in t...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor pardons man convicted of murder

DENVER – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has pardoned one man convicted of murder and shortened the sentences of six others. The Colorado Sun reports that Hickenlooper on Friday...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Some big parks in Southwest remain open despite shutdown

PHOENIX – Several national parks that are big tourist draws in the Southwest remained open Saturday during the federal government shutdown while other parks and monuments locked their gates ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Women are sending love letters to Colorado man serving life sentence for killing his pregnant wife and two kids

“Greetings from New York, Chris!” a Brooklyn-based woman wrote to Christopher Watts on Aug. 23, days after he admitted to murdering his pregnant wife and young daughters, loading the bodies ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snow, wind, cold temperatures on tap for New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is in line for snow, wind and much colder temperatures over the Christmas holiday. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque say mild a...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo council votes to create medical examiner’s department

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Legislation approved by the Navajo Nation Council would create a medical examiner’s department within the tribe’s Division of Public Safety. The resolution ap...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Now that the farm bill has blessed hemp, Colorado farmers are rarin’ to take the lead

Congress has passed the 2018 farm bill and – pending the expected presidential signature – it will be legal to grow hemp across the United States for the first time in more than 80 years. Co...

DATE: Dec 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How Colorado became a major exporter of black market marijuana

Officials expected legalizing it would have reverse effect

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov.-elect Jared Polis names first round of Cabinet picks

Some from Hickenlooper administration will remain

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials say pipeline spill contained

ANTHONY, N.M. – State officials say they have contained a pipeline spill that resulted in 252,000 gallons of gasoline being released into an idle irrigation ditch. The New Mexic...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Teen country singer returns to hero’s welcome

‘Voice’ winner Chevel Shepherd to head home to Farmington

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officials to halt admissions to state-run mental health hospitals except for those in jail

The state Department of Human Services plans on freezing all state-run beds set aside for people with severe mental illness at Fort Logan and the Colorado Mental Health Institute and use the...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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