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2 Colorado men sentenced for stealing Wyoming snow fences

The Laramie Boomerang reports that Tres Steinhoff and Billy Cobb were both sentenced by District Judge Tori Kricken to five…

April 9, 2019

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Police: Motorist’s finger partly bitten off in road rage

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports 49-year-old Robert Moore of El Paso, Texas, was injured last month following a traffic altercation…

April 9, 2019

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U.S. lawmakers seek to protect Chaco national park in New Mexico

A measure reintroduced Tuesday would prevent future leasing or development of minerals on federally-owned land within a 10-mile radius of…

April 9, 2019

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U.S. Congress approves Colorado River drought plan

The U.S. House and Senate approved the Colorado River drought contingency plan on Monday. Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,…

April 9, 2019

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Attorneys to defend Colorado Springs in case against paralyzed bystander

The Gazette reports that city attorney Mark Simpson told the council Monday that the officers acted appropriately, and the city…

April 9, 2019

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Motorist’s finger partly bitten off in road rage

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports 49-year-old Robert Moore of El Paso, Texas, was injured last month after a traffic altercation…

April 8, 2019

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Colorado authorities conduct tests to identify human skull

The Daily Camera reports that the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has not been able to identify the skull found by…

April 8, 2019

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Colorado man pleads guilty to setting fires, animal deaths

The Denver Post reports that 38-year-old Earnest Sunday Maynes pleaded guilty Friday in Jefferson County District Court to two counts…

April 8, 2019

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Pilot killed in crash of a small plane in New Mexico

New Mexico State Police say the pilot was the only person aboard the single-engine Light Sport aircraft. A Federal Aviation…

April 8, 2019

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Residents back home after crews stop fire near Fort Carson

The fire burned about 3 acres Sunday near Fort Carson before firefighters brought it under control. The cause of the…

April 8, 2019

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‘Better Call Saul’ to begin shooting 5th season

The New Mexico State Film Office announced Monday the AMC-TV series will begin principal photography on another season this month…

April 8, 2019

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New Mexico State Parks Division gets first female director

The state’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department announced Monday that Christy Tafoya has been named director of the State…

April 8, 2019

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Ex-sheriff wants road rage sentence tossed, blames lawyer

Former Rio Arriba County Sheriff Thomas Rodella, center, leaves the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Albuquerque in 2014 during his trial…

April 8, 2019

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Colorado exemption allows industry to pollute without permit

The state Department of Public Health and Environment allows companies to release emissions without permits under a decades-old exemption that…

April 7, 2019

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Study aims at better evaporation estimates at reservoirs

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Desert Research Institute have teamed up to study evaporation at Lake Powell, building…

April 7, 2019

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New Mexico AG says sheriffs must enforce gun control law

Attorney General Hector Balderas issued the warning in a letter sent Thursday to police chiefs and county sheriffs, the Albuquerque…

April 6, 2019

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Ted Bundy’s Colorado file includes crowbar, ski guide

Serial killer Ted Bundy, center, is escorted out of court at the Pitkin County courthouse, in 1977 in Aspen. He…

April 6, 2019

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Deal could move crude oil capacity to the Delaware Basin

The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the deal will support a planned expansion of Oryx’s Permian Basin system to 900,000 barrels of…

April 6, 2019

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Autopsy: Migrant boy who died in U.S. had flu infection

This photo provided by Catarina Gomez shows her stepbrother Felipe Gomez Alonzo on Dec. 12 near her home in Yalambojoch,…

April 6, 2019

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Wildfire on Colorado’s plains 50 percent contained

The fire in a rural area east of Las Animas was 50 percent contained Saturday. Emergency manager Rick Stwalley told…

April 6, 2019

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Albuquerque police shoot stolen-car suspect during chase

The Albuquerque Journal reports that police spokesman Simon Drobik says at least one officer opened fire Friday night when the…

April 6, 2019

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Firefighters battle fire burning on Colorado’s plains

The Gazette reported that the fire started Thursday night in a riverbed near the Bent County Correctional Facility in a…

April 5, 2019

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New Mexico governor signs more than 250 bills, vetoes 28

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham describes her decision to veto 28 bills out of hundreds approved by the Legislature…

April 5, 2019

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TSA agent arrested at Denver airport on child sex charges

The Denver Post reports 33-year-old Matthew Paul Barnett was arrested Friday on 12 felony counts. No listed phone number could…

April 5, 2019