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Federal prosecutor threatens law-breaking pot businesses

DENVER – Colorado’s top federal prosecutor says his office may take legal action against licensed marijuana businesses that violate state law or use their status under state law “as a shield...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington police reopen investigation into 1992 homicide

FARMINGTON – Farmington police have reopened their investigation into the 1992 killing of a woman in hopes that advances in forensic sciences and the possibility of receiving new information...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico balks at US demand of repayment for nutrition aid

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The federal government is demanding that New Mexico repay $164 million of alleged overpayments for food benefits provided to low-income families, but the state agency inv...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI reaches out to Deborah Ramirez, Brett Kavanaugh’s Colo. accuser

WASHINGTON – The FBI has begun contacting people as part of an additional background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, including a second woman who alleges that the Supreme Court nomin...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Parts of Albuquerque airport closed due to suspicious bag

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Street access to the Albuquerque airport and some parts of the airport itself were temporarily closed while authorities check out a suspicious bag found on a baggage claim ca...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Security guard killed confronting Denver shooting suspect

DENVER – Denver police say a security guard was shot and killed after confronting a suspect in another nearby shooting. According to police, officers were investigating a reported...

DATE: Sep 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hopis asking feds to explore other options for power plant

The Associated Press KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – Hopi tribal officials are calling on the federal government to explore other options for the Navajo Generating Station near Page. ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Court upholds protection for rare bird in Colorado, Utah

DENVER – A rare bird found only in Colorado and Utah will stay on the endangered species list, at least for now, a U.S. district judge said Friday. The judge upheld a 2014 decisio...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

60 years for Colorado man in Oklahoma pot smuggling killings

GREELEY – A Colorado man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in the 2015 deaths of two Oklahoma men in a marijuana smuggling dispute. The Greeley Tribune reports...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Former Colorado coach pleads not guilty to molesting boys

FORT COLLINS â€“ A former volunteer hockey coach accused of molesting two boys in northern Colorado has pleaded not guilty to child sex assault charges. The Coloradoan reported th...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man may face third charge after confronting hunter

ASPEN – A Colorado man who was charged after allegedly berating a hunter for legally killing a bear next door to his property may face a third charge related to the incident. The ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe forest ordered to consider impacts on salamander

SANTA FE â€“ A federal judge is ordering the Santa Fe National Forest to consider how the management of roads and trails across the northern New Mexico forest will affect an endangered salam...

DATE: Sep 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News