Author: Susan Montoya Bryan
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Colorado pastor’s disappearance reignites debate over treasure hunt
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A body was found in New Mexico not far from where a Colorado pastor parked his vehicle before heading out to search for a supposed hidden cache of gold and jewels that has inspired thousands to hunt in vain across remote corners of the Western U.S., authorities said Monday. Medical investigators have…
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Document details death of lawman who killed Billy the Kid
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A century-old document found inside a box of unarchived records in a southern New Mexico county is shedding a little more light on the shooting death of the Old West lawman who gained fame for killing Billy the Kid. Dated July 9, 1908, the nearly illegible handwritten coroner’s jury report refers to…
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Case closed: Death of Colorado treasure hunter remains a mystery
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The case of a man who moved to the American West to search for $2 million in hidden treasure but turned up dead in New Mexico’s backcountry was officially closed after authorities struggled to solve the mystery. Investigators recently informed Randy Bilyeu’s family, bringing some closure after more than a year of…
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Feds seek to dismiss claims over Colorado mine waste spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Attorneys with the U.S. Justice Department are asking a federal judge to dismiss claims by New Mexico and the Navajo Nation that stem from a 2015 mine waste spill that fouled rivers in three Western states. The Justice Department filed its motion Monday, following up on arguments first made by the Obama…
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Authorities: Death of treasure hunter remains a mystery
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Medical investigators are unable to shed more light on the final moments of a Colorado man who went missing during his search for a $2 million hidden treasure in the wilds of New Mexico. The skeletal remains of Randy Bilyeu were discovered this summer by a crew with the Army Corps of…
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Records: Mom solicited men to sexually assault daughter, 10
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The mother of a 10-year-old New Mexico girl who was found dead and dismembered told police she looked for men online and at work to sexually assault her daughter, according to search…
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Authorities ID remains as those of missing treasure hunter from Colorado
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A treasure hunter who disappeared this year while searching for an author’s cache of gold and jewels in the New Mexico wilderness was confirmed dead by authorities Tuesday after his remains were discovered west of Santa Fe. Santa Fe Police spokesman Greg Gurule said medical investigators confirmed the remains found along the…
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New Mexico sues Colorado over huge 2015 mine waste spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico is suing the state of Colorado, saying its northern neighbor should be held responsible for the contamination from a massive mine waste spill last year as well as decades of toxic drainage from mines near the headwaters of a shared river. The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and the state…
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New Mexico fire prompts emergency decree, evacuations
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A wildfire burning in central New Mexico grew to more than 3-square miles and forced evacuations, after sending up a towering plume of smoke that blanketed the state’s largest city in a thick haze. The blaze burning in the Manzano Mountains southeast of Albuquerque prompted Gov. Susana Martinez to declare an emergency,…
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New Mexico pushes for remedies in wake of mine waste spill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The federal government and Colorado have made little progress in remedying damage from the release of millions of gallons of wastewater from a southern Colorado mine last year, New Mexico’s top prosecutor…