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At least one home destroyed in central Colorado wildfire

More than 450 firefighters and several aircraft have been assigned to the fire, which is burning in rough terrain south…

October 4, 2019

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New Mexico man contracts plague, state’s first case since 2017

State officials said Friday the 72-year-old man is the first reported human case of the disease in New Mexico since…

October 4, 2019

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Colorado attorney general approves sale of state hospital

The Greeley Tribune reported Thursday that state Attorney General Phil Weiser concluded the $285 million sale of the North Colorado…

October 4, 2019

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Colorado company fined $31K for fatal trench collapse

The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported Friday that Firestone-based Backhoe Excavating was fined $31,446 for five citations. The largest fine was…

October 4, 2019

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Western governors: States not consulted about nuclear waste

The Western Governors’ Association in a Sept. 30 letter to the Energy Department said the plan released in August for…

October 4, 2019

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Two Isleta Pueblo members receive lost Vietnam War-era medals

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall on Friday pinned the replacement medals to All Pueblo Council of Governors Chairman E. Paul Torres…

October 4, 2019

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Gasoline fundraiser for school supplies rankles and pleases

Chevron says it will donate up to $5 million through program

October 4, 2019

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Navajo company keeps 1,200 workers after buying 3 coal mines

The announcement Thursday came a day after a federal judge gave final approval for the transfer of the mines from…

October 4, 2019

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New Mexico man convicted of machete robbery gets 9 years

The Alamogordo Daily News reports Adam Liges of Alamogordo was sentenced this week after pleading no contest to aggravated burglary…

October 4, 2019

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Finland agrees to return Native American remains to tribes

Finland has agreed to return to Native American tribes ancestral remains and artifacts taken more than a century ago from…

October 3, 2019

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Methane sensors put on planes, trucks in oil production zone

Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. Satellite imagery and supercomputing capabilities will be used to detect and monitor…

October 3, 2019

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Lost California dog found in southern New Mexico

KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports Bella was located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after a college student took the…

October 3, 2019

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Jury acquits Denver sergeant of assaulting teen during chase

Sgt. Joseph Rodarte was found not guilty of two counts of second-degree assault stemming from the August 2018 incident, The…

October 3, 2019

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2 Colorado ski resorts begin making snow in race to open 1st

The Denver Post reports Arapahoe Basin and Keystone started snowmaking operations Wednesday. A-Basin held the longest lasting season from October…

October 3, 2019

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Oldest of Navajo Nation fairs runs through Sunday

The Northern Navajo Nation Fair features traditional dances and ceremony, art displays, livestock sales, a rodeo, parade and royalty pageants.…

October 3, 2019

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Colorado man sentenced to prison for bulldozing federal land

The Daily Sentinel reports that Robert Timothy Allen was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger…

October 2, 2019

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Polis helps launch ballot campaign to amend TABOR

The Denver Post reports Polis joined Democratic House Speaker KC Becker and others Wednesday to launch the “Yes on CC”…

October 2, 2019

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Albuquerque mayor: Crime figures show need for state help

Figures released this week show Albuquerque accounted for 60% of total violent crimes in the data for New Mexico. Albuquerque…

October 2, 2019

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Man sentenced to seven years for Colorado marijuana grows

The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent reports that Long Luong was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger…

October 2, 2019

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New Mexico reports season’s first confirmed flu cases

The state health department reports all five cases involve adults: three cases in Sandoval County, one in Santa Fe County…

October 2, 2019

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New Mexico man accused of biting police dog after ax attack

The Albuquerque Journal reports Chris Gavaldon was arrested last week after Rio Rancho police were called to a mobile home…

October 2, 2019

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City: New Mexico house stunk up town, costing thousands

The Hobbs News-Sun reports officials in Eunice, New Mexico, want to recoup the previous administration’s expenses on the feces-plagued house…

October 2, 2019

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New Mexico relaxes basic requirements for driver’s licenses

New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Secretary Stephanie Schardin Clarke, center, foreground, Motor Vehicle Division Director Alicia Ortiz, right, and state…

October 2, 2019

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Ponzi scheme settlement ends federal investigation in Denver

The Denver Post reports that Mark Ray agreed to settle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to end the…

October 2, 2019