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Colorado expands buffer zone between schools, oil-gas wells

DENVER – Colorado oil and gas regulators voted Tuesday to expand the mandatory buffer zone between new wells and school property, a rare victory for proponents of tighter rules for the indus...

N.M. prosecutors expected to give details about shooting of baby

GALLUP, N.M. – Prosecutors are expected to give details about the shooting of a baby at a New Mexico motel. The teen mother of an 8-month-old girl shot in the face and her boyfrie...

Navajo lawmakers to meet in three-day special session

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation lawmakers will meet in a special session with a lengthy agenda. The three-day session will begin Wednesday in the tribal capital of Window Rock....

Colorado baker back in court over 2nd LGBT bias allegation

DENVER – Attorneys for a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds – a stand partially upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court – argued in federal cour...

New Mexico debt to filmmakers inches toward $250M

SANTA FE – Officials say New Mexico’s debt to the film industry could hit $250 million by summer and reach $700 million in four years. The Albuquerque Journal reports Jon Clark, c...

FBI releases identity of shooter at home on Navajo Nation

GALLUP, N.M. – The FBI has released the identity of a man who fatally shot himself and three other people and critically wounded a fifth person at a home in northwestern New Mexico last mo...

Colorado state senator accused of sexual harassment retiring

DENVER – A Colorado state senator who survived an expulsion vote following allegations of sexual harassment is retiring. KCNC-TV in Denver reports Sen. Randy Baumgardner, who repr...

Homelessness up in New Mexico

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New Mexico sees uptick in homelessness

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico has seen an uptick in homelessness and it’s at the top when it comes to the percentage of people in the United States who are experiencing chronic homelessness...

Denver airport first to use new TSA full-body scanner

DENVER (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration at Denver International Airport is using a new technology that allows travelers to keep their hands at their side when screened at se...

Man dies after crashing into tree at Breckenridge Ski Resort

FRISCO – Authorities say a 21-year-old man died after crashing into a tree at Breckenridge Ski Resort. The Summit Daily reports Daniel Giger, a University of Colorado-Boulder...

Tucson panel rejects request to remove Pancho Villa statue

TUCSON, Ariz. – A statue of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa will remain in downtown Tucson despite an effort by a conservative watchdog group to remove it. Members of the Publi...