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Auto theft suspect captured after four-hour manhunt southeast of Durango

Florida Mesa residents were warned to lock doors, shelter in place

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor’s mother, Sonja Lujan, dies at age 82

SANTA FE – Sonja Lujan, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s mother and an advocate for children with disabilities, has died of natural causes. Sonja Lujan was 82. The governor’s office...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Discovery of radioactive liquid pauses work at U.S. nuclear dump

ALBUQUERQUE – An area at the U.S. government’s nuclear waste repository in southeastern New Mexico was evacuated over the weekend after workers handling a shipping container discovered a sma...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Ted Turner land in New Mexico conserved in U.S. military deal

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Habitat for about a million bats will be protected from human impacts through a deal between a nonprofit and the federal government. About 315,000 acres of southern New...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado begins process of scrubbing Native American slur from 28 sites

New names approved for sites in Southwest Colorado

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: April showers headed to Cortez, snow in the mountains

Winds could gust as high as 65 mph in mountains; 6 to 14 inches of snow possible

DATE: Apr 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farmington police shoot and kill armed man

Reports say officers asked the man several times to put down his weapon

DATE: Apr 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County clerk assails false elections claims, saying ‘enough’s enough’

Group of election officials met in Denver to call out bad-faith actors

DATE: Apr 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

A look into Kwiyagat Community Academy’s first year

And a preview of what’s to come for the state’s first public Native charter school

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ron Hanks beats 5 candidates to make Colorado’s Republican U.S. Senate primary ballot

Hanks joins Joe O’Dea, who owns a construction company, on the June 28 primary ballot

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

M-CHS’ Clappe looks to inspire future fine arts performers

Panthers drum major to pursue music education at Colorado State University

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal judge dismisses Republicans’ effort to block unaffiliated voters from Colorado’s primaries

Lawsuit sought to overturn ballot measure allowing unaffiliated voters to participate in partisan primary elections

DATE: Apr 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News