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Acting Interior secretary to visit New Mexico oil region

A department spokeswoman says Bernhardt will visit residents and federal workers in Hobbs, where oil production has led to a…

February 6, 2019

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Colorado’s I-70 reopens after rock slide

State transportation officials opened both eastbound lanes in Glenwood Canyon at about 7 p.m. Tuesday, and one westbound lane was…

February 6, 2019

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Votes on minimum wage, abortion rights loom in New Mexico

House Speaker Brian Egolf planned for lengthy deliberations Wednesday on the initiatives. The minimum wage bill has the backing of…

February 6, 2019

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Denver-area immigration center adds annex with 432 beds

The Denver Post reports that the private company that runs the Aurora facility, The GEO Group, opened a remodeled annex…

February 6, 2019

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Fiesta de Santa Fe to allow married, divorced ‘La Reina’

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports organizers of the centuries-old Fiesta de Santa Fe announced this week they are scrapping…

February 6, 2019

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2 bodies recovered from frozen lake in western Colorado

The Daily Sentinel reports Delta County Sheriff Mark Taylor announced Tuesday that a remote-operated vehicle found the bodies and the…

February 5, 2019

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Police suspect New Mexico blast that killed 1 was suicide

The improvised device exploded Monday in an alley near a busy intersection, killing one man. No one else was injured…

February 5, 2019

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Trump nominates Colorado native to head Interior department

Environmentalists blast Bernhardt for energy policies

February 5, 2019

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France honors Colorado veterans of World War II

The Coloradoan reports the veterans were honored Monday by Christophe Lemoine, consulate of France based in Los Angeles, at the…

February 5, 2019

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Rockslide closes I-70 in western Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon

The rockslide happened early Tuesday in Glenwood Canyon and the full extent of the damage isn’t known yet. Photos from…

February 5, 2019

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Man suffocates mountain lion who attacked him near Fort Collins

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the man was running alone at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins when the…

February 5, 2019

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2 men missing after vehicle likely falls through ice

The Daily Sentinel reports Delta County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Grand Mesa Lodge Sunday after the owner reported…

February 4, 2019

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Colorado deputies charged with manslaughter in man’s death

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty’s office filed the charges Monday against county sheriff’s deputies Adam Lunn and James O’Brien.…

February 4, 2019

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Colorado pushing Denver schools, teachers on negotiations

In a letter to both sides Monday, the head of the state labor department, Joe Barela, said the last round…

February 4, 2019

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New Mexico bills to restrict, tax e-cigarettes advance

A House panel on health policy endorsed legislation from Democratic state Reps. Andrea Romero of Santa Fe and Liz Thomson…

February 4, 2019

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Rep. Torres Small: I seek border fixes, not media attention

Rep.-elect Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., reacts after drawing her number during the member-elect room lottery draw on Capitol Hill in…

February 4, 2019

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‘Record-breaking’ home sales seen in New Mexico’s oil region

The Hobbs Sun-News reports real estate agents reported record sales in 2018 with a median home price of $165,000 in…

February 4, 2019

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Colorado wildlife officials trap, kill 5 mountain lions

The Rifle Citizen Telegram reports Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials trapped and killed the mountain lions last month in the…

February 4, 2019

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New Mexico ceremony marks ‘horrible’ discovery of bodies

Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File <br><br>Investigators search for human remains at a 100-acre site in 2009 in Albuquerque,…

February 3, 2019

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Poll: Western Republican, Democratic voters alike support public lands

survey shows broad support in Interior West

February 3, 2019

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Blood test problems stop Boulder drugging investigation

The Daily Camera reports six women reported they believed they were drugged Oct. 17 at parties at four different fraternities…

February 3, 2019

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Annual Mexican Wolf Survey coming in Arizona, New Mexico

The flights around Alpine, Arizona, and Reserve, New Mexico, are part of the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project, a cooperative effort…

February 2, 2019

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Officials to study major elk herd in Roaring Fork Valley

The Aspen Times reports the six-year study will focus on the Avalanche Elk Herd. The herd’s territory includes the Maroon…

February 1, 2019

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Father, young son killed in southern Colorado camper fire

Firefighters were called to the blaze in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Cañon City early Wednesday and…

February 1, 2019