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1 dead after motorboat flips at Grand Canyon National Park

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A 67-year-old man died after a motorboat flipped over during a Colorado River trip inside Grand Canyon National Park, officials said Sunday. Park official...

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado clerk pleads not guilty in election system breach

DENVER – A Colorado county clerk accused of allowing an unauthorized person to break into her county’s election system in search of proof of the conspiracy theories spun by former President ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Young girl dies, 3 hurt in an Arizona off-road vehicle crash

FOREST LAKES, Ariz. – An 8-year-old girl was killed and three other Phoenix-area girls injured in the crash of an off-road vehicle in northern Arizona, authorities said Monday. Coconino Coun...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Santa Fe woman accused of embezzling nearly $600K from firm

SANTA FE – A Santa Fe woman has been accused of embezzling nearly $600,000 from a landscape architecture firm where she once worked. A Sept. 19 arraignment has been scheduled for 43-year-old...

DATE: Sep 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Researchers: Pretrial detention plans wouldn’t reduce crime

ALBUQUERQUE – Legislative proposals intended to make it easier to keep certain criminal defendants in jail while awaiting trial would have done little to reduce crime, according to a study b...

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judge temporarily blocks gun control regulations in Colorado

BOULDER – Boulder County is the second Colorado government to be hit with a temporary restraining order by a federal judge over its gun control measures. U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor issues pardons to 6 people

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday pardoned six people for convictions ranging from fraud and larceny to burglary and drug trafficking. The pardons represent anothe...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judge who pointed AR-15 style rifle at stepson suspended

A Colorado judge who pointed an AR-15 style rifle at his adult stepson during an argument was censured by the state’s Supreme Court on Monday and suspended without pay for 30 days. District ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque woman accused of embezzling $175K from employer

SANTA FE – An Albuquerque woman is accused of embezzling more than $175,000 from her former employer over a six-year span, according to authorities. A criminal complaint filed earlier this m...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Man killed in Colorado mountains after ‘speed flying’ crash

BRECKENRIDGE – A man has been killed in the mountains of central Colorado after crashing while speed flying, which involves descending from heights using a specialized canopy that’s similar ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor tests positive for COVID-19

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday morning and was receiving an antiviral drug treatment. Lujan Grisham said in a statement that she was experien...

DATE: Aug 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

5 New Mexico jails less than half staffed; 1 moving inmates

ALBUQUERQUE – Five of New Mexico’s 26 county jails and detention centers are suffering from staff shortages that have pushed vacancy rates among correctional officers above 50%. At least one...

DATE: Aug 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico