Regional News

Chaco drilling moratorium included in spending measure

Democratic Congressman Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico included the language in a spending package that cleared the chamber Tuesday.…

June 26, 2019

Mine cleanup underway in Gila National Forest

Past lead and zinc mining activities left an estimated 90,000 cubic yards of tailings and waste rock material along the…

June 26, 2019

Police seek person who last saw missing Utah college student

In this image made from a June 2019 Salt Lake City International Airport video provided by the Salt Lake City…

Army IDs 2 soldiers who have died in Arizona this month

They say an investigation is underway to determine how they died. Officials at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs…

Huge wooden troll reopens at new site in Colorado ski town

The Summit Daily News reports the 15-foot troll, named Isak Heartstone, reopens in Breckenridge on Tuesday. He was reconstructed last…

Body of woman who fell into swollen Rio Grande found

The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office says the body of Roberta Sophia Rodriguez of Colorado Springs was found Tuesday in the…

Rocky Mountain National Park’s Trail Ridge Road back open

Trail Ridge Road opened Tuesday after plows were able to clear drifts up to 8 feet deep. The popular highway,…

Puppy that disappeared after crash found 13 days later

The Arizona Daily Sun reports volunteers found Bella, a 4-month-old mixed yellow Lab, almost two weeks after driver Michael Crocker…

Albuquerque again asks for app use to spot banned fireworks

For the second year in a row, Albuquerque officials are directing residents to the “OneABQ” app so authorities can streamline…

New wind farm to operate in southeastern New Mexico by 2020

San Diego-based EDF Renewables recently announced that construction on the Oso Grande Wind Project will start this year and the…

Teen ump addresses fistfight at baseball game

thought a warning would help coaches and parents ‘chill’

6th man cited in adult fight at Colorado kids’ baseball game

Lakewood police spokesman John Romero said authorities found the man with help from people who watched video of the fight…

Police: Driver health may be issue in fatal church bus crash

Investigators were looking into the possibility the driver had a medical issue that may have contributed to the crash Sunday…

Former head of Colorado group home sentenced for sex assault

The Denver Post reports that 56-year-old William Wayne Sexton was sentenced to 54 years to life in prison Monday. Sexton…

Colorado man sentenced to life for neighbor’s fatal shooting

The Denver Post reports that 33-year-old Michael Kourosh Sadeghi was sentenced Monday for killing 42-year-old Dustin Schmidt in March 2018.…

Half of private school’s students got vaccination waivers

The Albuquerque Journal reported Sunday that 119 out of 226 students at the Santa Fe Waldorf School were exempted for…

Plows try to reopen Colorado mountain road after summer snow

Snowplows were back at work Monday clearing Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park, a popular drive that reaches…

Colorado logging, controlled burning project advances

The Daily Sentinel reported Monday that the agency’s County Line Project calls for logging on nearly 2.5 square miles and…

Wildfire in south-central N.M. grows

9:30 a.m. A wildfire in south-central New Mexico continues to grow in the Lincoln National Forest. State and federal fire…

Seminarian killed in Colorado bus crash

1:55 p.m. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, says that one of its seminarians died in the…

2 die in Gunnison River accidents

The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office says a 31-year-old woman was paddle-boarding just west of Gunnison when she fell into swift…

June 23, 2019

Social worker and daughter found slain in Albuquerque home

Albuquerque police spokesman Simon Drobik tells the Albuquerque Journal that detectives are investigating. The New Mexico Law Office of the…

June 23, 2019