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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. â€“ 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

Fiance accused of killing Colorado woman missing for month

DENVER – The fiance of a Colorado woman who has been missing since Thanksgiving Day was arrested Friday on allegations of killing the mother of his child, and police said she likely died at ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police in suburban Denver solve decades-old cold case murder

COMMERCE CITY – Investigators say they have figured out what happened to a man suspected in a fatal stabbing in suburban Denver more than two decades ago. Commerce City police sai...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Enrollment plunges in New Mexico’s subsidize health exchange

SANTA FE – Enrollment in New Mexico’s subsidized health exchange has fallen by more than 10 percent since a year ago even as average premium prices have stabilized. Office of the ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. fails in funding obligation to Native Americans

Report outlines shortfalls in many areas

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘It’s bleak’: New Mexico farmers brace for meager water allocations

ALBUQUERQUE – The irrigation canals are all but dry as farmers along the Rio Grande set in for winter, holding out hope that El Niño will develop and save them from what could otherwise be a...

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Paula Williams has lived life as a man and a woman

Now she fights for gender equity

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘My baby’s been shot!’ Chaotic scene at shooting of N.M. infant

GALLUP, N.M. – The screams of a teen caught the attention of Casey Franchot while eating at a Taco Bell. “My baby’s been shot! My baby’s been shot!” Shayanne Nelson yelled while holding an i...

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Convention Center bidding scandal could be costly

DENVER (AP) – Denver’s $233 million plan to expand the Colorado Convention Center is supposed to draw $47 million in new annual spending, but that could be delayed or threatened by allegatio...

DATE: Dec 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News