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Mom charged with boiling pets found competent to stand trial

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico woman facing charges she beat and tortured her children and forced them to watch her kill their pets has been found competent to stand trial. State Distr...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico bail reform committee to hear from experts

ALBUQUERQUE – A committee appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court to review the state’s pretrial detention procedures will be hearing from some national experts. The committee w...

DATE: Feb 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico film office gets new director

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Film Office is getting a new director. State officials announced Tuesday that Amber Dodson, the city of Albuquerque’s film liaison, will take over the po...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI: Reward for info leading to arrest in Red Rock killing

ALBUQUERQUE – The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of a Red Rock man last year...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Woman found dead in tent was killed

ALBUQUERQUE – A homeless woman found dead in a tent was a homicide victim, Albuquerque police said Saturday. The woman had signs of trauma to her torso but wasn’t immediately iden...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Man fatally shot outside bar

ALBUQUERQUE – A person who allegedly was trying to break into a woman’s car was fatally shot outside a bar Friday night during an encounter with security personnel, Albuquerque police said. ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico airports to share almost $2M in federal funds

ROSWELL, N.M. – Airports in several New Mexico communities will share nearly $2 million of federal funds to make runway infrastructure improvements. The Federal Aviation Administr...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico counties partner to house juvenile defendants

AZTEC – The San Juan County Juvenile Detention Center will soon house youths from two more New Mexico counties as options for some counties shrink. The county commission this week...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-deputy gets seven years for drug trafficking in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A judge sentenced a former Colfax County sheriff’s deputy to seven years in prison for drug trafficking and theft in New Mexico while in uniform, wearing a badge and driving a ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Groups want cows corralled to protect jumping mouse habitat

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists have accused U.S. land managers of failing to keep livestock and wild horses out of streams and other wetlands in Arizona’s White Mountains, resulting in dama...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Navajo Nation, San Juan County to pursue freight railroad

FARMINGTON – The Navajo Nation and New Mexico’s San Juan County have entered into an agreement to pursue a freight railroad to serve the Four Corners. Thursday’s agreement means c...

DATE: Feb 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wildlife managers investigate deaths of 3 Mexican wolves

ALBUQUERQUE – State and federal wildlife managers are investigating the death of three endangered Mexican gray wolves found last month in Arizona. Officials with the wolf recovery...

DATE: Feb 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News