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Navajo Nation approves $2.4 million for veterans facility

GALLUP, N.M. — The Navajo Nation has given approval to help fund a veterans facility in New Mexico that will prevent patients from having to travel far for care. Navajo Nation c...

World War II Navajo Code Talker dies at age 92

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died. The Navajo Nation says Roy Hawthorne Sr. died Saturday. H...

Firm narrows potential buyers for Arizona coal-fired plant

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An investment firm tasked with finding a new owner for an Arizona coal plant says it’s focused on one potential investor with a handful of others on the sideline. ...

Drought continues to expand across American Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE – Drought is stiffening its hold across the American Southwest as extreme conditions spread from Oklahoma to Utah. The federal drought map released Thursday shows dry ...

Vail police find injured woman inside neighborhood dumpster

VAIL, Colorado — Vail police say they found a 31-year-old woman injured inside a small, neighborhood dumpster. The Vail Daily reports police found the woman early Tuesday cold a...

Man accused of chaining woman in sex slave case gets 6 years

GRAND JUNCTION — A Colorado man accused of keeping a woman chained in his basement over the course of several months has been sentenced to six years in prison and three years of parole in ex...

In the region: Eagles shot, Amber Alert bill OK’d, ‘free’ estate sale

Senate OKs bill to expand child alerts to tribal land The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that expands a child abduction alert system to tribal land. The bill is named for Ashlynn...

House ransacked after being mistaken for site of estate sale

LONGMONT – A Colorado woman says her house was ransacked by people who mistakenly thought it was the site of an estate sale. The Daily Camera reports Mary Andrews says she left he...

Wyoming-based Great Lakes Airlines suspends most operations

Company says it’s struggling from pilot shortage

Senate OKs bill to expand child alert system to tribal land

FLAGSTAFF — The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that expands a child abduction alert system to tribal land. The bill is named for Ashlynne Mike, an 11-year-old girl who was lured ...

Police: Woman tortured with wrench, blowtorch

Two Albuquerque women are being accused of kidnapping another woman and torturing her with a wrench and blowtorch before throwing her from a moving vehicle. A criminal complaint f...

Utility investigates coal silo failure at New Mexico plant

No injuries reported from fire