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City of Albuquerque collects 166 guns in a buyback program

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has collected nearly 170 guns in a buyback program designed to get the weapons off the street. Albuquerque City Council member Cynthia Borrego said lots...

DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Jan. 6 riot suspect on house arrest after mountain lion kill

DENVER – A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado hunting guide accused of assaulting a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot to be placed on house arrest after prosecutors say he violated...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

24 hikers rescued in New Mexico’s Organ Mountains

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Authorities say a group of 24 hikers who became separated, disoriented and stranded in the Organ Mountains were rescued by the Las Cruces Fire Department and other law enf...

DATE: May 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

I-70 shut near Summit County tunnel over suspicious device

SILVERTHORNE – Both directions of Interstate 70 near the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels were closed Saturday afternoon as a safety precaution because of a suspicious device, police said...

DATE: May 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports three new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported three new confirmed COVID-19 cases and no additional deaths again. The tribe had six new cases and three coronavirus-rela...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Nation reports 12 new COVID-19 cases and one more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Tuesday reported 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and one additional death. Tribal health officials said the total number of cases since t...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado skier dies after crevasse fall in Alaska national park

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, Alaska – A skier from Colorado died after falling into a crevasse on a glacier in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, the park said Tuesday. ...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Coroner facing criminal charges submits resignation

VAIL – An elected coroner in Colorado is stepping down after being charged with tampering with a body and losing his licenses to run a chain of funeral homes. Shannon Kent submitt...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officials: Two Denver officers suspended for excessive force

DENVER – Two police officers in Denver have been suspended without pay after city officials said they used excessive force during racial justice protests last year sparked by the police kill...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kayaker drowns in Cherry Creek Reservoir southeast of Denver

AURORA – Searchers have recovered the body of a 26-year-old man who fell out of an inflatable kayak during a storm that passed over Cherry Creek Reservoir southeast of Denver. ...

DATE: May 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wet weather a boost for crews fighting New Mexico wildfire

THREE RIVERS, N.M. â€“ Rain and snow helped crews working to keep a wildfire from spreading in forested mountains in south-central New Mexico, officials said Wednesday. The fire w...

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Aurora ICE detention facility reports 100 COVID-19 cases

DENVER – A privately owned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora has reported about 100 detained people have tested positive for COVID-19. A report by the of...

DATE: Apr 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News