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Navajo Nation’s economic development director steps down

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The director of the Navajo Nation’s Division of Economic Development has stepped down. Tribal officials say Crystal Deschinny left the job Tuesday for persona...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officials try to stop spread of chickenpox in New Mexico prison

CHAPARRAL, N.M. – State officials say two inmates at a southern New Mexico prison have come down with chickenpox, and authorities are trying to limit the varicella virus that causes illnes...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Grandmother gets 7 years in prison for injuring grandson

DENVER – A 57-year-old Colorado grandmother has been sentenced to seven years in prison for causing her 6-month-old grandson to suffer a brain injury. Rebecca Laca of Denver ple...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Elderly New Mexico woman’s home broken into 5 times

ALBUQUERQUE – The home of an elderly Albuquerque woman hospitalized for a week has been reportedly burglarized at least five times, highlighting the city’s rising crime rates. Alb...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officials ID Colorado ski area worker who died in accident

DENVER – Officials have released the name of a Colorado ski area employee who died in a work-related accident. Clear Creek County officials confirm that 40-year-old Adam Lee died ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico man facing 10th DUI

CLOVIS, N.M. – An eastern New Mexico man is facing jail time after authorities say he was arrested on his 10th drunken driving charge. The Eastern New Mexico News reports Randall ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado gunman’s mental state was disclosed a month ago

DENVER – Colorado authorities were contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl more than a month before he shot and killed a deputy and wounded four others. But the 37-y...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

It’s winter ... watch out for falling raccoons

Episodes go up when temperatures go down

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Official who OK’d Longmont searches no longer works for agency

LONGMONT – A Longmont housing official who allowed warrantless police searches of a subsidized housing complex no longer works for the agency. The Times-Call reported Friday that ...

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Loveland Ski Area employee dies in workplace accident

DENVER – Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was caught in a snow-level lift he was working on at Loveland Ski Area. KUSA-TV reported Friday that the Occupational...

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mobile home fire kills 2, injures 1 in northwestern New Mexico

AZTEC – Authorities say two people are dead and another was injured following a mobile home fire in northwestern New Mexico. Volunteer firefighters responded to the blaze Wednes...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado pays $55K to 2 women for sexual harassment

DENVER – Colorado has paid $55,000 to two women who alleged they were sexually harassed while working in the state judicial system over the past two years. The Denver Post reporte...

DATE: Dec 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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