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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

Firefighters battle small wildfire along river in Pueblo

PUEBLO – Firefighters in Pueblo were battling a wildfire on Sunday that charred about 20 acres of a grassy, wooded area along the Arkansas River and forced evacuations in at least one neighb...

DATE: Apr 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Louisville allows fire victims to rebuild under older codes

LOUISVILLE – The Louisville City Council in suburban Denver voted Tuesday night in favor of allowing residents whose homes were significantly damaged or destroyed in Colorado’s most destruct...

DATE: Apr 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges dropped against Danish man in Colorado wildfire

DENVER – A judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against a Danish man accused of starting a Colorado wildfire that destroyed about 140 homes in 2018 after he was repeatedly found unable...

DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor signs law to protect abortion rights

DENVER – Colorado joined a handful of other states Monday in codifying the right to abortion in statute, a party-line response to efforts across the country to limit abortion access in antic...

DATE: Apr 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers tackle budget; crime, climate top issues

DENVER – Colorado lawmakers this week are debating a proposed $36.4 billion state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 with increased spending on public safety, climate change and e...

DATE: Mar 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bureau of Land Management extends comment period on Chaco proposal

ALBUQUERQUE – Land managers have scheduled two more public meetings and extended the comment period for a proposal that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a n...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Residents return home after fleeing Boulder wildfire

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado were back home Monday after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres. The fire that bro...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Firefighters increase containment on Colorado wildfire

No homes lost after nearly 20,000 flee

DATE: Mar 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Ukrainians fleeing war ‘can’t leave’ pets behind

Mounds of abandoned clothes and other personal items lie strewn along corridors leading out of Ukraine. The farther people carry their things, the harder it is, so they leave them behind, sa...

DATE: Mar 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gallery

Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people

Evacuation orders cover 8,000 homes

DATE: Mar 26, 2022 | CATEGORY:

Murder charged dropped against ex-Denver TV station guard

DENVER – A judge has granted a request by prosecutors to drop a second-degree murder charge against a former television station security guard who shot and killed a pro-police demonstrator a...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News