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New Mexico to hold funeral for nine forgotten military veterans

SANTA FE – State officials say they will hold a funeral Thursday for nine deceased U.S. military veterans who were indigent or whose bodies were not claimed by relatives. The cere...

Officials warn Arizona dam could fail and flood village

PHOENIX – An earthen dam in Arizona’s southern desert could fail and flood a small village because the lake behind it is swollen with runoff from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa, officia...

Pikes Peak exceeds more than 500,000 visitors

COLORADO SPRINGS – A record number of people traveled up to Colorado’s Pikes Peak, exceeding 500,000 for the first time. Through Sept. 30, a total of 527,696 people traveled the h...

Audit: Colorado Lottery not investigating frequent winners

DENVER – A state audit found the Colorado Lottery has not been identifying and investigating frequent winners, including a case in which a player won at least $600 in the Pick 3 game two doz...

Mushrooms could help clean toxic groundwater in New Mexico

SANTA FE (AP) – Water conservationists and a Native American women’s advocacy group believe they’ve found a potential solution to a massive, decades-old underground plume of toxic chromium t...

Tropical Storm Rosa drops record amount of rain on Phoenix

PHOENIX – Remnants of a tropical storm dropped a record amount of rain on Phoenix. National Weather Service meteorologists say 2.35 inches of rain had been recorded at Phoenix Sky...

Navajo high court to hear appeal on presidential term limits

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation’s high court is set to hear an appeal on presidential term limits. Vincent Yazzie contends Joe Shirley Jr. should be removed from the ballot...

Remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa drench metro Phoenix area

PHOENIX – Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest Tuesday, slowing morning commute in metro Phoenix as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the cit...

Search for northern Colorado kayaker suspended

LOVELAND – The search for a kayaker reported missing on a northern Colorado lake on Sunday has been called off for now. The Loveland Reporter Herald reported that boats, dive team...

Records: Most new voters in New Mexico are independents

SANTA FE – State records show the biggest increase in New Mexico voter registration is among residents who declined to state a party affiliation. The Albuquerque Journal reports n...

Man gets public service for wildfire along Colorado River

GRAND JUNCTION – A man who admitted accidentally starting a wildfire that burned about 200 acres along the Colorado River has been sentenced to 80 hours of public service under a plea agreem...

Proposal on Colorado peak leads to couple’s altitude issues

BOULDER – A Texas man found a scenic location in the Colorado mountains to propose to his girlfriend, but the couple ran into trouble on the way down. The Boulder County Sheriff’s...