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Colorado Walmart evacuated after shoplifter deploys bear spray

GREELEY — A Walmart store in Colorado was evacuated after a shoplifter deployed bear spray against several employees, police said Sunday. Officers responded to the Greeley Walmart on Sunday...

DATE: Dec 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Navy medics due at San Juan Regional Medical Center to help with critical care

FARMINGTON – A team of U.S. Navy health care providers is expected to arrive this weekend at San Juan Regional Medical Center, where an official said a continuing surge in COVID-19 patients ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Navy medical team heading to San Juan Regional to help with COVID-19

SANTA FE – The U.S. Navy is sending a 20-member medical team to New Mexico to help the San Juan Regional Medical Center cope with a staff shortage for treating COVID-19 patients. The militar...

DATE: Nov 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico oil regulators aim to limit seismic activity

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico oil and gas regulators are watching closely as increased seismic activity is being reported in the Permian Basin along the Texas state line. Under a plan recently r...

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man dies while snowboarding at resort near Taos

TAOS, N.M. – A Rio Rancho man has died while snowboarding at a popular northern New Mexico ski resort. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe confirmed Monday that 28-year-old Jario Hernandez die...

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

5 young people wounded near party in suburban Denver; 3rd shooting in two weeks

AURORA – Police are investigating whether a shooting that wounded five young people in suburban Denver was connected to a party nearby. Five males between the ages of 16 and 20 went to the h...

DATE: Nov 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP Rep. Boebert apologizes to Muslims for Omar remarks

DENVER – Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert apologized Friday for using anti-Muslim language in describing a recent encounter she had with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. In h...

DATE: Nov 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge: District Attorney’s Office off case after Farmington Police recorded defendant’s call with attorney

FARMINGTON – A New Mexico judge has ruled that a district attorney’s office must be replaced as prosecutors in a homicide case in which Farmington police violated the defendant’s constitutio...

DATE: Nov 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

3 teens arrested in shooting at suburban Denver high school

AURORA – Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting of three students in a high school parking lot on Friday, a Colorado newspaper re...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico foresees robust growth in state government income

SANTA FE – Forecasts for state government income have increased slightly as New Mexico legislators prepare to meet in January to craft a general fund budget. The state’s top taxation officia...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Risk of quakes caused by oil, gas in New Mexico rising

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Multiple earthquakes were felt earlier this fall in West Texas, leading regulators in that state to designate a seismic response area and call for less wastewater from oil...

DATE: Nov 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Police: 3 students shot in Denver-area school parking lot

AURORA – Three students were shot Friday during a fight in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, the police chief said, only days after six teenagers from a nearby...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News