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Remains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a mult...

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico moves ahead with vaccine rollout for children

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials on Wednesday applauded the federal government’s move to clear the way for COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11, saying the rollout will i...

DATE: Nov 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Ronchetti enters Republican race for governor of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Former Albuquerque television meteorologist Mark Ronchetti on Wednesday announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico. Ronchetti said in a st...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Mother sentenced in toddler son’s 2019 death near Shiprock

FARMINGTON – A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for the 2019 death of her toddler son, whom she left behind after driving while intoxicated in rural northwestern New Mexico. ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judge: Colorado parents can’t exempt kids from school masks

DENVER – A federal judge has issued a restraining order against a suburban Denver county’s policy allowing parents to opt their children out of a mask mandate at school, finding that the rul...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico considers retirement ‘double dipping’ for police

SANTA FE – Legislators are drafting a plan to ease restrictions against retired police officers coming back to work, in an effort to add law enforcement officers across New Mexico amid a lab...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado governor announces new state park in western mountains

DENVER – A private ranch with ponds, springs and rare wetland plants in Colorado’s western mountains will be part of a new state park, Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Joined by state a...

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado judge charged with felony menacing loses leadership job

DENVER – A Colorado state judge was removed from his leadership position after being charged with felony menacing on Saturday. Judge Mark Thompson, the chief judge for the 5th Judicial Distr...

DATE: Oct 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor settles harassment claim for $150K

SANTA FE – The final price tag for a settlement reached by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and a former campaign spokesman to settle accusations of harassment is now $150,000. The la...

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

West Nile virus cases climbing in Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS – West Nile virus infections and deaths are both up in Colorado from last year, and there have been more cases so far than at any point since 2016, according to data from th...

DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Salmonella outbreak tied to seafood sickens 82 in Colorado

DENVER – A salmonella outbreak tied to seafood that Denver-based Northeast Seafood Products Inc. processed or manufactured has sickened at least 82 Coloradans in 14 counties. Of 102 people i...

DATE: Oct 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News