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Man dies after accidental fall on riverbank in Aspen

ASPEN – Authorities say a 38-year-old Aspen man who was found unconscious and lying partially in the Roaring Fork River in western Colorado has died. The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office says...

DATE: Oct 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 5th day

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 29 more COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the fifth consecutive day. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 34,1...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Denver Zoo apologizes a decade after visitor's death

DENVER – The Denver Zoo has apologized more than a decade after a Black man died after a confrontation with police on zoo grounds. Zoo president Bert Vescolani on Friday publicly apologized ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Update: Facebook’s global outage gradually dissipating

Service restored Monday evening; Facebook pages in Durango and Cortez affected

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage

Leaf peeping seasons have been disrupted as the planet warms

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico to try SAT again after virus derails test mandate

SANTA FE — New Mexico students will take the SAT in spring 2022 as the state phases in a pandemic-delayed testing requirement aimed at increasing participation that varies widely by racial a...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Virgin Galactic says FAA has cleared it for further flights

LOS ANGELES – Virgin Galactic said Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared it to resume launches after an investigation into why its spaceship veered off course while ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

County jails contend with high-risk environment for COVID-19

SANTA FE — County jails across New Mexico are contending with a high-risk environment for COVID-19 infection at the same time that many more beds are being filled with inmates, an associatio...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Farmington police: Teens had plan for school shooting attack

FARMINGTON – Farmington police say two 15-year-old students are accused of plotting to conduct a shooting attack at Farmington High School and that a third student is under investigation. A ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Lawsuit by Colorado police officer fired in photo scandal is dismissed

DENVER – A lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver police officer for his firing over a photo re-enacting a chokehold like the one used on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died in ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans

WASHINGTON – Speaking in personal terms, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said extensive news media coverage of the disappearance and death of 22-year-old Gabby Petito while on a cross-country...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

As COVID-19 vaccine mandates rise, religious exemptions grow

An estimated 2,600 Los Angeles Police Department employees are citing religious objections to try to get out of the required COVID-19 vaccination. In Washington state, thousands of state wor...

DATE: Sep 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Religion