Regional News

Troubled New Mexico county facing officer shortage

The Gallup Independent reports Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace said last week his department is down to four deputies, a…

August 10, 2018

Feds raid suspected illegal marijuana grows in Denver area

DEA spokeswoman Deanne Rueter said Thursday’s raids are part of an ongoing, federal criminal investigation into suspected black market operations.…

Judge won’t bar public from refuge that was once a nuke site

Environmentalists and community activists had asked the judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would prohibit opening Rocky Flats National…

Denver police probe if 3 homeless deaths tied to stabbing

Denver Police Chef Paul Pazen, second from left, talks with other officials near the scene of a triple homicide south…

Grandfather: Remains at New Mexico compound are missing boy

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, center, confers with one of his attorneys at a first appearance in New Mexico district court in…

Attorney questions allegation in N.M. compound case

Aleks Kostich of the Taos County Public Defender’s Office said Wednesday the allegations by prosecutors against Siraj Ibn Wahhaj lacked…

2 eastern New Mexico counties ease fire restrictions

The Eastern New Mexico News reports Curry County commissioners on Tuesday voted unanimously to lift a burn ban in effect…

Kayenta man sentenced for manslaughter conviction

Ethan Barlow, 27, was sentenced Wednesday. The death occurred on the Navajo Reservation. The victim’s name wasn’t listed in court…

Report: Third of Colorado DUIs involved men in their 20s

The Denver Post reports the state analysis of the more than 27,000 DUI court cases in 2016 shows young men…

Zoo animal death toll rises after intense Colorado hailstorm

Jenny Koch, a spokeswoman for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, tells The Gazette a peacock named Snoop died from…

Santa Fe school board votes to limit Fiesta de Santa Fe presentations

The new policy allows people dressed as conquistadors, Franciscan missionaries and other members of the Fiesta Court to visit only…

Prosecutor: Man at compound trained kids for school shooting

Taos County Planning Department officials Rachel Romero, left, and Eric Montoya survey property conditions at a disheveled living compound at…

New Mexico gov hopefuls vow to help Trinity Test descendants

Democrat Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Republican Rep. Steve Pearce, who currently both serve in the U.S. House of Representative,…

Court dismisses challenge to Indian child welfare law

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t rule on the constitutionality of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act. Rather,…

Pearce vows to halt closing on San Juan Generating Station

The Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, reports the Hobbs Republican told an audience last week he would seek to…

Colorado university re-printing diplomas due to typo

Alec Williams was checking to make sure his name was spelled correctly when he saw a mistake on his Colorado…

Western wildfires keep burning, air quality gets worse, and health warnings grow

A helicopter returns from dumping water on a wildfire in southern Utah County near U.S. Highway 6 on Monday. The…

Child remains found at New Mexico compound, man due in court

Lucas Morton, left, and Siraj Wahhaj were arrested after law enforcement officers searching a rural northern New Mexico compound for…

Audit hits pro-Los Alamos agency on booze, food spending

Andrea Romero, a candidate for House District 46, takes part in a Democratic primary candidate forum in Santa Fe, New…

Police investigating death of Denver boy reported missing

Police Chief Paul Pazen announced late Tuesday that the body of Jordan Vong had been found after an intensive search…

Reward for killing of two mountain goats increased to $15,000

Colorado Parks and Wildlife investigators seek information on the poaching of two mountain goats on Quandary Peak on July 3.…

August 7, 2018