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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...

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...

University of New Mexico revamps film program amid demand

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has revamped its film and digital arts program amid the demand of film and television productions in the state. The school announced thi...

Columbine survivors face new pain sending kids to school

DENVER – Dropping her kids off at school used to be the hardest part of Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson’s day. She would cry most mornings as they left the car, and relied on texted photos from the...

Indigenous leaders want less drilling near sacred sites

SANTA FE – Leaders of the Navajo Nation and Pueblo tribes expressed frustration Monday with federal oversight of oil and gas leases on public holdings near ancient Native American cultural s...

Spurned bills included state dance, tinted windshields

SANTA FE – Bills that would make it simpler for the elderly to avoid jury duty and allow tinted auto windshields have been shunned by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The D...

Growing number of states move to shield lottery winners

PHOENIX – A growing number of states are moving to allow the winners of big lottery jackpots to stay anonymous as privacy concerns are increasingly trumping lottery groups’ wishes to publici...

Man angry about virginity pleads guilty to threatening women

SALT LAKE CITY – A man has pleaded guilty to a felony terroristic threat charge after authorities said he threating to target women in a mass shooting because he couldn’t get a girlfriend. ...

New quarantines ordered because of horse virus in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Nevada agriculture officials say horses that competed at an equestrian center in Las Vegas earlier this month may have been exposed to an equine herpes virus. One hors...

New Mexico governor signs more than 250 bills, vetoes 28

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham embraced a nearly $1 billion infrastructure spending package and enacted a variety of modest tax increases designed to insulate schools and ...

Educator accused of taking gun to school, threatening staff

AURORA – An administrator at a suburban Denver high school was arrested after police said he brought a handgun to the school and threatened other staff members. Tushar Rae was arr...

Legal marijuana workers blast citizenship denials over work

DENVER – U.S. immigration authorities blocked two immigrants’ applications for citizenship because of their work in Colorado’s marijuana industry, their attorneys and Denver officials said, ...