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Police: Four found dead in car at Albuquerque airport garage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have identified four people whose bodies were found last week inside a vehicle parked in the garage of the city’s airport. Police said three of th...

DATE: Mar 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

South African virus variant confirmed at Colorado prison

BUENA VISTA – Three cases of the COVID-19 variant originating in South Africa have been reported at a correctional facility in Colorado, officials said. The Colorado State Public ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tiger dies at Colorado Springs zoo after procedure

COLORADO SPRINGS – A 9-year-old tiger died last week at a Colorado Springs zoo after an artificial insemination procedure, zoo officials said Monday. The female tiger named Savel...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man dies after falling in Utah’s Zion National Park

SPRINGDALE, Utah – Authorities have identified a 43-year-old Utah man believed to have fallen from a towering rock formation in Zion National Park. The body of Jason Hartwell, 43,...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Police: Hundreds of street racers block highway in Colorado

AURORA – A portion of a highway in a Denver suburb was temporarily shut down after hundreds of street racers and cruisers formed a gridlock over the weekend, highlighting a growing concern o...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jury convicts Colorado man in girlfriend’s death

PUEBLO – A Pueblo County jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the 2013 death of his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Donthe Lucas was found guilty Monday in the death of Lesl...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

JBS meatpacking plant workers get COVID-19 vaccine shots

GREELEY – A Colorado meatpacking plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year suspended operations Friday so that workers could receive COVID-19 vaccines on-site. Worker...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado man pleads guilty in pipe bomb case

DENVER – A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of making and possessing pipe bombs. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 55-year-old Bradley Bunn pleaded guilty Thursday...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor’s grocery bills prompt calls for audit

SANTA FE – Senate Republicans on Thursday asked for a special audit of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s use of a discretionary fund after reports that the Democrat spent thousands of dollars on...

DATE: Mar 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado AG, state launch task force on unemployment fraud

DENVER – Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the state Department of Labor and Employment announced Thursday a statewide campaign to identify and prosecute people responsible for an es...

DATE: Mar 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico’s Spaceport America names new executive director

SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. – Spaceport America has named New Mexico native Scott A. McLaughlin as its new executive director. The company announced the appointment on Tuesday. ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Opposition TV campaign launches against public health option

DENVER – A Colorado nonprofit group whose members include insurance companies and hospitals has launched a $1 million TV ad campaign opposing a public health insurance option plan being deve...

DATE: Mar 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News