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Tucson panel rejects request to remove Pancho Villa statue

TUCSON, Ariz. – A statue of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa will remain in downtown Tucson despite an effort by a conservative watchdog group to remove it. Members of the Publi...

Company backs out of hyperloop test track east of Denver

DENVER – Colorado transportation officials say Los Angeles-based Arrivo has backed out of plans to build and test a futuristic system that would move passengers and freight at speeds of up t...

New Mexico lawmakers to be busy this legislative session

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature is scheduled to convene for a 60-day session in less than a month and everything from education reform to health care initiatives are expected to be on ...

Dems choose Rep. Joann Ginal to serve out Sen. Kefalas’ term

FORT COLLINS – A Democratic Party vacancy committee has selected state Rep. Joann Ginal to serve out the term of Sen. John Kefalas, who was elected to the Larimer County commission. ...

New Mexico priest says he’s ‘whistle-blower’ in abuse cases

ALBUQUERQUE – A longtime Catholic pastor announced Sunday to his stunned parishioners that he is a “whistle-blower” who has privately assisted victims of clergy sex abuse and is assisting in...

New Mexico rancher who trapped wolf to appeal loss of permit

A New Mexico rancher who trapped an endangered Mexican gray wolf and hit it with a shovel says he will appeal the loss of his grazing permit. Craig Thiessen told The Arizona Repub...

Meat processing employees agree to contract extension, pay increase

GREELEY – Hundreds of workers at a Greeley-based meat processing company have ratified a contract extension that will include annual pay raises and continued health coverage. Th...

What the 2018 farm bill means for the West

Lawmakers see hemp legalization and conservation funding as the big wins

New Mexico reports the first death of the flu season

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico is reporting the first death of this year’s flu season. Officials at the New Mexico Department of Health in Santa Fe said Monday that a woman from Linc...

Reward offered in search for missing Colorado woman

WOODLAND PARK – Police are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of a Colorado woman who was last seen on Thanksgiving Day. An anonymous donor provi...

Mayor: Albuquerque has cleared half its rape kit backlog

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police have made inroads into clearing the city’s rape kit backlog, with forensic investigators this year submitting roughly half – or nearly 2,900 total – of...

Interior Secretary Zinke resigning, cites ‘vicious’ attacks

Investigators reviewing land deal and redrawing of national monument boundaries