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Colorado has sold about $10 billion worth of marijuana

DENVER – Businesses in Colorado have sold about $10 billion of marijuana since the plant was legalized for recreational use in 2014, according to new data released by the state Department of...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico to end quarantine requirements for travelers

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials on Wednesday said they would be ending mandatory self-quarantine requirements for visitors and residents arriving in the state. The state Health De...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico employee accepts position in Biden administration

SANTA FE – A top human resources employee for New Mexico’s governor has stepped down after more than two years in the position to take a new role with President Joe Biden’s administration. ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 54 new COVID-19 cases, 15 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 54 new COVID-19 cases and 15 more deaths. The latest figures raised the totals to 28,994 cases and 1,075 kn...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man faces second trial in killings of Colorado Springs teens

COLORADO SPRINGS – A man accused of being one of two people who shot and killed two Colorado Springs teenagers execution-style in 2017 will be tried again after a jury failed to agree on whe...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowboarding world championships moved from China to Aspen

COVID-19 travel restrictions bring event to Colorado

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Students move back to University of Colorado Boulder campus

BOULDER – The University of Colorado Boulder said thousands of students are returning to campus as the university prepares to begin in-person and hybrid classes. University spokes...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation getting almost 29K doses of vaccines

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation officials said Monday that they’re getting nearly 29,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week plus 82 more federal personnel to help with vaccination effor...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado bear calls are down but euthanization has increased

GRAND JUNCTION – Calls about bears roaming in Colorado’s residential areas decreased in the past year, but the number of animals that were euthanized increased, officials said. Th...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76

LAS VEGAS – Mary Wilson, one of the original members of The Supremes, the 1960s group that helped establish the Motown sound and propelled Diana Ross to superstardom, has died. She was 76. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Music

Interior nominee focus of Colorado bid to keep lands agency

GRAND JUNCTION – Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and Grand Junction business leaders plan to lobby President Joe Biden’s Interior secretary nominee to keep the headquarters of...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New normal: Tom Brady gets 7th trophy in NFL season to remember

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — So much of it looked familiar — from the heartfelt rendering of the national anthem, to the silvery, star-studded halftime show, to Tom Brady standing there at the end wit...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports