Regional News

Man who drowned while fishing in western Colorado ID’d

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 62-year-old Mark Lancaster was fishing with two others who were in a different boat…

Ruling due Monday in tribal case over virus relief funding

At least 15 tribes across the country have sued the U.S. Treasury Department, saying the funding should go only to…

Despite critics’ outcry, border wall construction goes on

In the Yuma, Arizona, area, the government modified a contract on March 24 to add 1.5 miles of a 30-foot…

ADL condemns New Mexico mayor’s ‘Nazi’ remark about governor

The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region said Friday it condemns comments made by Grants Mayor Martin “Modey” Hicks to The…

New Mexico university gets grant to tackle opioid epidemic

The university said Thursday its School of Nursing will use the money to fund a project aimed at expanding the…

Police: Dad neglected adult son with muscular dystrophy

The Hobbs News-Sun reports James Melvin Scott of Lovington was arrested Monday after a months-long investigation into the death of…

Denver’s stay-at-home order extended until May 8

Hancock consults with mayors; metro area might be next

National forests across Arizona impose campfire restrictions

The restrictions announced by U.S. Forest Service officials for the Southwest Region took effect Tuesday and apply through June 30.…

U.S. unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes

A woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a mostly Yuip’ik village on the edge of the Bering Sea…

Shuttered Albuquerque hospital to reopen for virus patients

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed over the building to the New Mexico Department of Health last weekend, making…

Another official in Rio Arriba County facing charges

The New Mexico Attorney General’s office says former Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo made more than $100,000 from three…

New Mexico likely to extend public health orders into May

There are now 64 testing sites and the goal is to get a more complete picture of the virus’ prevalence.…

New Mexico gets mental health money while virus cases rise

Members of the state’s congressional delegation say a $2 million grant has been awarded to the state Human Services Department…

Volunteers renovate home where Colorado woman was killed

Volunteers completed the renovation in Woodland Park where Kelsey Berreth died in 2018, The Gazette reported Tuesday. The 29-year-old resident…

Polis says extending stay-at-home order would have negligible effect

Colorado coronavirus deaths have passed 500, confirmed cases above 10,800

Police: Boy shot sister with mom’s shotgun found on couch

According to the arrest affidavit for the mother, Michaela Dawn Harman, 3-year-old Ruby Jackson was shot in the chest as…

New Mexico Land Office approves emergency oil and gas rule

Longer-term relief will be coming through the rule change process already underway, State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said Tuesday.…

U.S. Senate candidate with half of necessary signatures to appear on primary ballot

rules Michelle Ferrigno Warren has ‘significant modicum’ of support

Search on for possible escaped exotic cat in New Mexico

KRQE-TV reports New Mexico Department of Game and Fish says it is investigating reports of an escaped serval from a…

Deputies: Woman ran over man after an argument over $85

The Hobbs News-Sun reports Shilo Cassidi-Mae Howell was arrested Saturday nearly a month after a deputy found a man lying…

Albuquerque man arrested; explosive homemade darts in home

Jess Paul, 63, was taken into custody on suspicion of possession of an explosive device or incendiary device. Sheriff’s deputies…

National forests across Arizona impose campfire restrictions

The restrictions announced by officials for the Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service took effect Tuesday and apply through…