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Police arrest pair wanted on a murder charge in Colorado

SANTA FE – State Police have arrested in New Mexico’s capital city a father and his 13-year-old son who were wanted for first-degree murder in Colorado, the New Mexico State Police say Hei...

Former BIA director engaged in abusive behavior; no action taken

Employees detail a culture of harassment, inaction

Santa tracker will still run despite government shutdown

DENVER – The government may be partially shut down, but that won’t stop hundreds of volunteers dressed in Christmas hats and military uniforms Monday from taking calls from children around t...

Pueblo’s new, bare-bones homeless shelter is ‘making it work’

City spent $250,000 to lease and renovate an old food-storage warehouse

Drought reveals a long-submerged Colorado town

GUNNISON COUNTY (AP) – The cold is just the cold. Bob Robbins and Bill Sunderlin know it all too well. Negative 2? That’s nothing, says Sunderlin, 78. “Child’s play,” says Robbins...

Mystery donor again gives Colorado Salvation Army gold coin

FORT COLLINS – The Salvation Army says a mystery benefactor in Colorado has once again donated a gold coin worth about $1,500. The charity says someone dropped a South African Kru...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...