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New Mexico governor says no to high-level nuclear waste

An illustration depicts a planned interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in southeastern New Mexico as officials announce plans…

June 12, 2019

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Flood warning issued for San Juan River in New Mexico

The National Weather Service said Wednesday its warning is in effect between Navajo Dam and Bloomfield in San Juan County…

June 12, 2019

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Arrest made in Pueblo carjacking death

Police say they took Anthony Finley into custody on Friday night and detained him in the Pueblo County Detention Center.…

June 12, 2019

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U.S. Air Force base gets upgrade for space defense

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s $12.8 million Space Control Laboratory will consolidate efforts now being conducted in six different facilities…

June 12, 2019

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Jury deadlocks over activist who helped migrants

“No Más Muertes,” an advocacy group that wants “no more deaths” of people crossing the desert regions linking Mexico and…

June 12, 2019

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Man on Boy Scouts trip in Colorado dies in rafting accident

Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper tells The Pueblo Chieftain a raft flipped and tossed several people into the Arkansas River…

June 11, 2019

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Police arrest motorcyclist accused of Pride crosswalk damage

A criminal complaint says 31-year-old Anthony Morgan faced charges Tuesday that include felony criminal property damage. Video showed a couple…

June 11, 2019

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Water advisories issued for 3 sections of Arkansas River

The Pueblo Chieftain reported Monday that advisories are in place for two river sections between the towns of Granite and…

June 11, 2019

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New Mexico pays $700K in prison workers discrimination lawsuit

The Albuquerque Journal reports the settlement agreement filed last week allows the state Corrections Department to deny the allegations while…

June 11, 2019

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Judge dismisses lawsuit targeting N.M. school district policy

The Gallup Independent reports the judge ruled last week that Gallup-McKinley County Schools’ exclusion policy was “rationally related to its…

June 11, 2019

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New Mexico proposes new cap on medical pot production

Store Manager Ruby Amsden, left, attends to medical marijuana customer and retired nurse Jan Stewart, who uses cannabis to relieve…

June 11, 2019

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Inmate found hanging in El Paso County jail cell dies

The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the woman, whose name has not been released, was found without a pulse Tuesday. Deputies…

June 11, 2019

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Civil rights group seeks probe of Hispanic hiring at UNM

At its statewide convention in Albuquerque on Saturday, the New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens endorsed a resolution…

June 10, 2019

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Interior’s Bernhardt quiet on possible new BLM headquarters

Bernhardt said at the Western Governors’ Association conference Monday that once those questions are answered, he will decide whether to…

June 10, 2019

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Hikers report Colorado’s Hanging Lake isn’t overcrowded

The Post Independent reported Sunday that a survey conducted of 1,100 people after they hiked to Hanging Lake in Glenwood…

June 10, 2019

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Colorado land agency asked to delay federal oil, gas leases

The Denver Post reports the Colorado Bureau of Land Management is taking public comments until 4 p.m. Wednesday on leases…

June 10, 2019

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N.M. challenges Trump administration’s quick-release asylum practices

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday announced the lawsuit against acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and…

June 10, 2019

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New Mexico airports to get nearly $14M in federal funds

The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded more than $13 million in funding to be…

June 10, 2019

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Most New Mexicans are Real ID-compliant as deadline looms

Officials with the state Taxation and Revenue Department say people have just over a year to meet the deadline under…

June 10, 2019

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New Mexico seeks public input on Volkswagen settlement funds

The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday that the state Environmental Department has opened the public comment period for a proposal on…

June 10, 2019

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Man fatally shot in Albuquerque brewery identified

Albuquerque police say 37-year-old Cody Guy Wrathall allegedly threatened his ex-girlfriend inside Nexus Brewery with a gun on Saturday evening.…

June 10, 2019

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Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths

The Gazette reports that figures from the state Department of Public Health and Environment show 974 people died from drug…

June 10, 2019

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Rancher works to establish water buffalo in Colorado

Roaring Fork Valley provides challenges, possibilities

June 9, 2019

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Colorado a step closer to adopting health reinsurance plan

If approved by federal officials in Washington, D.C., a state reinsurance program could help about 250,000 Coloradans who buy health…

June 9, 2019