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Navajo Nation declares state of emergency because of flooding

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation officials declared a state of emergency Thursday because of increased flooding from recent monsoon rains. The declaration by the tribe’s Commission on Emer...

DATE: Aug 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane “super emitters” in the nation's largest oil and gas producing region. EPA's ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Feds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural U.S. including Colorado

Department of Agriculture plans more spending on high-speed internet in coming weeks

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Virgin Galactic planning an astronaut campus in New Mexico

SIERRA COUNTY, N.M. – Aerospace and space travel company Virgin Galactic announced Tuesday that it plans to build an astronaut campus and training facility in southern New Mexico. Company of...

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man convicted in death and dismemberment of New Mexico girl

10-yer-old’s mother pleaded guilty in 2018

DATE: Aug 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Gun group sues Colorado over gun magazine 15-round limit

DENVER – A gun rights organization is suing Colorado over the state’s 2013 ban on magazines that hold over 15-rounds, arguing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York g...

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Highway double take: Albuquerque sign spelled without ‘r’

ALBUQUERQUE – It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers tow...

DATE: Jul 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico expands gun safety efforts

Mine petitions filed to have guns removed since red-flag law went into effect

DATE: Jul 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

FBI: 170 missing Native Americans in New Mexico, reservation

Names will be released to help locate the missing and improve transparency

DATE: Jul 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

2 dead, 1 missing in flooding in northern New Mexico

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Two people died and another person was reported missing from flash flooding in a stretch of northern New Mexico that had been ravaged this past spring by wildfire. Tim Nix,...

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado man pleads guilty to casting missing wife’s ballot

DENVER – A Colorado man who had been charged in the presumed death of his missing wife has pleaded guilty to forgery for casting her 2020 election ballot for then-President Donald Trump. Bar...

DATE: Jul 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fatally injured New Mexico helicopter crew member called 911

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the four first responders killed in last weekend's New Mexico helicopter crash managed to call 911 before succumbing to his injuries, according to emergency dispatch rec...

DATE: Jul 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico