Colorado confirms first wolf kill of livestock in decades
Calf carcass found on ranch in North Park
DATE: Dec 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
The Associated Press
Fentanyl: A game of Russian roulette for New Mexicans
ALBUQUERQUE — He had been sober for years, a beacon in the recovery community who inspired dozens of people to get clean.
When the pandemic hit, the Narcotics Anonymous meetings that served...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Rare Rocky Mountain insects will need snowfields to survive
Stoneflies’ peril underscores threat to mountaintops that are ‘biodiversity hot spots’
DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
New Mexico governor seeks low-carbon fuel standard
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor on Monday renewed her call for state legislators in the major oil producing state to approve requirements for fuel producers to reduce greenhouse ...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Albuquerque boy’s hit-and-run death prompts outcry over ATVs
ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque police are planning to address the issue of illegal all-terrain vehicles traveling on city streets in the wake of a boy's hit-and-run death.
Police along with offic...
DATE: Dec 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico
Van full of Christmas toys stolen in Farmington
FARMINGTON – Time is of the essence for the Salvation Army in New Mexico now that the Grinch has thrown a wrench into the group’s holiday toy program.
A van loaded with $6,000 worth of toys ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Colorado seeks to bolster fentanyl fight amid overdose crisis
DENVER – Colorado officials on Thursday announced legislation that would boost law enforcement resources to fight the distribution of fentanyl, part of efforts to stem an opioid crisis that ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico regulators deny utility’s exit from coal plant
SANTA FE – New Mexico regulators have denied a request by the state’s largest electric provider to divest itself from one of the Southwest’s few remaining coal-fired power plants by transfer...
DATE: Dec 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Storm knocks out power to thousands of homes on Navajo, Hopi reservations
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Residents across the Navajo Nation were without power Wednesday after a storm that packed powerful wind moved across the region.
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority spokeswo...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico reports its first case of the omicron variant
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health on Monday announced the state’s first identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.
Health officials said the case was identified Sunday an...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Trucker gets 110 years in prison for fatal Colorado pileup
GOLDEN – A truck driver who was convicted of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on Interstate 70 west of Denver was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Feds: Fentanyl is the No. 1 drug driving Albuquerque crime
ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say fentanyl is the No. 1 drug driving crime and violence in Albuquerque.
Drug Enforcement Administration said agents seized 242 pounds of fentanyl in the past fisc...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
