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BLM announces adoptions of wild horses, but not enough to manage population

Agency continues to explore fertility control options

DATE: Oct 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango police seek balance relying on technology, good old-fashioned policing

Advances have changed law enforcement, and not always for the better

DATE: Oct 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado man who threatened mass shooting is serial online harasser

DENVER – Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I s...

DATE: May 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Little League park plagued by hypodermic needles

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico Little League park is fighting a battle against discarded syringes with attached hypodermic needles amid the region’s outgoing opioid epidemic. Atrisco ...

DATE: May 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What helps prevent dementia? Try exercise, not vitamin pills

If you want to save your brain, focus on keeping the rest of your body well with exercise and healthy habits rather than popping vitamin pills, new guidelines for preventing dementia advise....

DATE: May 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Hiring delays force New Mexico preserve to limit hours

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. – A shortage of seasonal workers is forcing Valles Caldera National Preserve to delay the start of its summer hours. Preserve officials said Tuesday that a bac...

DATE: May 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado law will save $100 for education of each newborn

DENVER – Colorado’s governor has signed a bill establishing college funds for the state’s newborn children for the next two decades. The Denver Post reports that Democratic Gov...

DATE: May 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Substitutes filling void in New Mexico amid teacher shortage

CARLSBAD, N.M. – New Mexico school districts have become increasingly reliant on substitute teachers as they contend with growing vacant teaching positions in the state. School di...

DATE: May 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Video: Drone footage shows rescue of kayaker from Vallecito Creek

Upper Pine River Fire Protection District lifted man from 100-foot canyon

DATE: Apr 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Opponents of new oil, gas law won’t try for repeal this year

DENVER – Opponents of a new Colorado oil and gas law that puts public safety ahead of production said Thursday that they will not attempt to overturn it this year, but they may try in 2020. ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2020 could disrupt New Mexico’s all-male Senate lineage

SANTA FE – A woman is knocking on the door of an enduring boys’ club in New Mexico politics, as Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver signals her interest in the 2020 race for U.S. Senat...

DATE: Apr 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility says it will be emissions-free by 2040

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider set a goal Monday aimed at going emissions-free as early as 2040, winning praise from the state’s top Democratic leaders and environmenta...

DATE: Apr 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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