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Floodwaters damaged more than 50 homes in Farmington’s Harper Valley neighborhood, leaving families without flood insurance wondering how they will rebuild.

Las Cruces and other southern New Mexico communities are now in ‘infested zones’ after new cases of New World screwworm were discovered. New Mexico officials have announced two cases of screwworm in Doña Ana County after a sheep on the New Mexico State University campus and a cow at an off-campus location were found to be infected by the flesh eating larvae.

A Santa Fe couple found 11 completed absentee ballots belonging to other voters in mail held while they were away on vacation. County Clerk Katharine Clark retrieved the ballots herself that night, driving through flooding during a tornado warning. Clark said she learned about the ballots from a Nextdoor post...

The University of New Mexico Health System was hit by a cybersecurity problem that resulted in ambulances being redirected and patients’ appointments being canceled or rescheduled. Dozens of medical facilities within the state’s network were affected by the breach. The cause of the incident is currently unknown as...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A search is underway for a state prison offender. According to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Corrections, 41-year-old James Traversie left the Rapid City Minimum Center on Wednesday to go to his assigned work release employment, but never showed up at his jobsite. He is currently […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Regional Airport is giving travelers an early look at its terminal expansion, opening new airline ticket counters and a new inline baggage system designed to streamline check-in and improve passenger flow. Passengers will now check in on the east side of the terminal...

Forget your identification when you went to the polls? Voters in Idaho can attest to their identity using an affidavit, a legally binding document that comes with consequences for declaring incorrect information. Changes to the voter affidavit process under this year’s Senate Bill 1322 now require telephone verification of voter...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Calls to 911 did not go through at around 4 p.m. Tuesday in parts of southern Idaho because of an outage with Lumen Technologies, Twin Falls Police Department Lt. Steven Gassert said. The outage knocked 911 offline for SIRCOMM, also known as Southern Idaho...

Boise police have arrested a man for allegedly failing to complete home contracting work and scamming Treasure Valley residents out of thousands of dollars. Toby Tibbitts, a 28-year-old Caldwell contractor, was arrested on two felony grand theft charges after a Boise Police investigation into complaints that customers paid for home siding projects that were never completed.

SALT LAKE CITY — An Amazon employee in Utah is accused of taking between 100 and 200 packages and keeping them rather than delivering them. Mabel Tarache Sogamoso, 28, of West Valley City, was charged on Oct. 22 with mail theft and communications fraud, second-degree felonies. The investigation began...