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New Mexico offers largest single vaccination prize in U.S.

SANTA FE – New Mexico bet big Tuesday that cash can persuade people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, offering the largest single cash prize among the growing number of states stagi...

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka's mental health concerns

Media interviews cited for depression

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Nuggets, Trail Blazers square off with series tied 2-2

WHO: Portland Trail Blazers (42-30, sixth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Denver Nuggets (47-25, third in the Western Conference during the regular season) W...

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Avalanche blaze past Knights 7-1 in fight-filled Game 1

DENVER – The book on Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche: They're extremely speedy. An overlooked chapter in that book: They can turn physical, too, when push comes to shove. MacKin...

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Mother bear euthanized after man attacked in Colorado

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Wildlife officials in Colorado have euthanized a mother bear after a man was attacked in his home. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the homeowner noticed the door to his ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado deaths surged in 2020 because of COVID-19, other causes

DENVER – Almost 9,000 more people than usual died in Colorado in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other causes. COVID-19 either directly caused or was a contributing factor in 4,90...

DATE: May 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of pandemic

CAIRO – Workers dig and ferry wheelbarrows laden with sand to open a new shaft at a bustling archaeological site outside of Cairo, while a handful of Egyptian archaeologists supervise from g...

DATE: May 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Pecos River conservation projects awarded $1.5M in grants

CARLSBAD (AP) – Conservation projects in the Pecos River area got a boost this year as about $1.5 million in grants were awarded to organizations in southeast New Mexico and West Texas to re...

DATE: May 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Drug overdose deaths in New Mexico increase by 25% in 2020

ALBUQUERQUE – Drug overdose deaths in New Mexico in 2020 increased by 25% from the previous year, continuing a trend seen before the pandemic. Increased abuse of the deadly synthetic opioid ...

DATE: May 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declined a request by the pork industry to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat, delivering a victory to slaughterhouse workers who had raised safety concerns about the plan.

DATE: May 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Food

Rest assured, Avalanche and Bruins relish long gap between series

DENVER – Devan Dubnyk debunked the whole rest-or-rust debate. Rest always trumps potential rust, the Colorado Avalanche backup goaltender said, because rust may at most spill into the openin...

DATE: May 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Party Time: Indy 500 is biggest sporting event of pandemic

INDIANAPOLIS – The milk is on ice, celebrities are in the house and Indianapolis Motor Speedway is buzzing again both with the roar of engines and the largest crowd at a sporting event sinc...

DATE: May 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New Mexico offers largest single vaccination prize in U.S.

Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka's mental health concerns

Nuggets, Trail Blazers square off with series tied 2-2

Avalanche blaze past Knights 7-1 in fight-filled Game 1

Mother bear euthanized after man attacked in Colorado

Colorado deaths surged in 2020 because of COVID-19, other causes

Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of pandemic

Pecos River conservation projects awarded $1.5M in grants

Drug overdose deaths in New Mexico increase by 25% in 2020

USDA rejects request for faster pork slaughterhouse speeds

Rest assured, Avalanche and Bruins relish long gap between series

Party Time: Indy 500 is biggest sporting event of pandemic

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