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Unforeseen breaks helped firefighters during 416 Fire

Hurricane Bud’s remnants, timing of fire’s start helped offset tough natural setting

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

911 calls detail aftermath of deadly New Mexico bus crash

ALBUQUERUQE, N.M. – Some callers were breathless and others were crying as they flooded emergency phone lines to report the aftermath of a deadly weekend bus crash on a dark New Mexico highw...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico AG seeks to void Hispanic land grant transfer

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Wednesday he is seeking to void a 2003 land transfer from a historic Hispanic land grant on grounds it was illegal. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuclear weapons plant

DENVER – A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and settled on land that ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Groups working to build homes for Native American veterans

GALLUP, N.M. — Building and donating homes to Native American veterans is what the South Carolina Air National Guard, U.S. Navy and Southwest Indian Foundation are all about this summer. ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News