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Skier pleads guilty to reckless endangerment

FRISCO – A skier accused of trying to jump a crowd at a Colorado pond-skimming event pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment and no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge. The Su...

DATE: Sep 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In the San Luis Valley, historic promises give way to yet another land fight

In 1863, a businessman from Taos promised the “benefits of pastures, water, firewood and timber” to settlers on a stretch of the Sangre De Cristo mountain range in present-day south-central ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico energy provider pushing new Facebook solar plan

LOS LUNAS, N.M. – New Mexico’s largest electric provider is seeking expedited approval from regulators to build two new solar plants to help power Facebook’s planned data center in central N...

DATE: Sep 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo presidential candidates running mates

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – A former Navajo Nation president hoping to recapture the office had to pick a new running mate. Joe Shirley Jr. announced the selection of high school princip...

DATE: Sep 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Study shows health, reaction-time declines in firefighters

BOISE, Idaho – Randy Brooks’ son had a request three years ago: What could his dad do to make wildland firefighting safer? To Brooks, a professor at the University of Idaho’s Coll...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico school districts request funds for safety improvements

SANTA FE – Security doors, fencing, lighting and new intercom systems are among the safety improvements that New Mexico school districts are seeking to help prevent shootings. The...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three missing after Colorado River boat collision

MOABI REGIONAL PARK, Calif. – The body of a California woman who was among four people missing after two boats crashed on the Colorado River was found Monday, authorities said. Ch...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official promises refunds for lock-outs from Santa Fe event

SANTA FE, N.M. – An organizer is promising refunds to about 2,000 people who were still in line when gates closed early for an annual Zozobra effigy burning ceremony marking the start of t...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Idaho governor, GOP leaders ask to join sage grouse suit

BOISE, Idaho – An Idaho ranch’s attempt to block U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage grouse has attracted the support of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and other top state Republicans. ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildfires reshape landscape of the U.S. West

Development, climate change fuel conditions

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hot springs owner to address nudity, drugs, other issues

MONTEZUMA, N.M. – The healing, mineral-charged hot springs northwest of Las Vegas, New Mexico, have become a site for nudity, drug use and other problems, and the owner of the hot baths want...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

About 1,000 workers lose Colorado Springs call center jobs

COLORADO SPRINGS – About 1,000 workers have lost jobs in Colorado Springs since Dec. 31 as some of the city’s call centers have moved operations elsewhere, including overseas. How...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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