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Crash of a helicopter helping to fight a Colorado wildfire leaves the pilot dead
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (307+ words) The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot's body was recovered by divers. The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office identified the pilot as 56-year-old Nicholas Dale of Sooke, British Columbia. A procession of law enforcement…...
3 firefighters killed in Western wildfire were trying to shield themselves from flames
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (508+ words) Big Rapids Pioneer...
New Mexico governor says state could seek billions after DEA let fentanyl hit streets
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (719+ words) Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham vowed to take her outrage “right to the White House and Congress” to seek assurances the DEA is no longer using the risky law enforcement strategy in New Mexico — and that it is not being…...
Decades in the making, Deb Haaland's political rise spurs both inspiration and scrutiny
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (838+ words) It was the final day of voting earlier this week, and Haaland was embracing friends and former colleagues at San Felipe Pueblo where she was once a tribal administrator. She talked food, family and handcrafted silver jewelry with Pueblo women…...
New Mexico voters choose party nominees for governor as revenue soars from oil boom
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (745+ words) For the first time, the primary is open to voters who are independent. The state’s semi-open primary system, which was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year, allows the roughly 23% of New Mexico voters who are…...
Fentanyl, meth found at house where New Mexico responders got sick after answering overdose call
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (580+ words) Three people found inside the house on Wednesday died. A fourth person who was in the house and one of the emergency responders who became sick were still being treated at a hospital Friday. A doctor who saw the responders…...
What to know the mysterious deaths in New Mexico linked to unknown substance
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (497+ words) Two people remained in a hospital Thursday, including a person who was found unresponsive in a home where the three died east of Albuquerque, in the rural town of Mountainair. Authorities went to the home Wednesday after being called about…...
New Mexico seeks child safety restrictions on Meta apps and algorithms in trial's 2nd phase
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (898+ words) Opening statements began Monday in the three-week bench trial to decide whether the platforms of Meta, which also owns Facebook and WhatsApp, pose a public nuisance. In the first phase, jurors ordered $375 million in civil penalties against Meta, determining that…...
Parents see hope in back-to-back rulings that social media providers failed to protect young users
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (773+ words) Walker Montgomery was just 16 when someone pretending to be a teenage girl messaged him through Instagram and seduced him into cybersex. Within hours he was dead. Caught up in a sextortion scheme, the Mississippi teen killed himself. His father, Brian…...