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New Mexico reports 1,442 more COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 1,442 additional known COVID-19 cases and 27 additional deaths. The statewide totals increased to 128,930 cases and 2,155 as seven-day r...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutor lacked active law license; cases being reviewed

ALBUQUERQUE – District attorney and public defender offices for metro Albuquerque are reviewing cases handled by a now-former prosecutor who wasn’t properly licensed to practice law in New M...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque to consider smaller emergency homeless shelters

ALBUQUERQUE – City officials in New Mexico have scrapped a plan to build one large 300-bed homeless shelter and are now considering a series of smaller facilities with at least 100 beds each...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: New Mexico needs plan to address high suicide rate

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico has a suicide rate 1.5 times that of the national average, and legislative analysts say a new plan is needed to address the many causes. Analysts with the...

DATE: Dec 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 175 new COVID-19 cases, 10 new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Friday reported 175 new COVID-19 cases and 10 new virus-related deaths. In all, the tribe has reported 20,569 coronavirus ca...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forecasts: Colorado may have more to spend on COVID-19 recovery

DENVER – Colorado’s economic outlook is brighter than previously anticipated due in part to the arrival of coronavirus vaccines, new job creation in certain industries and strong online sale...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado air regulators backtrack on closing three coal plants

DENVER – Colorado air regulators have backtracked on a plan to close three coal plants by 2029, a move that has left environmental groups disappointed. The Colorado Air Quality Co...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Suter wins season’s 1st downhill, Schmidhofer hurt in crash

VAL D’ISERE, France – Corinne Suter won the first women’s World Cup downhill of the season and Nicole Schmidhofer was injured in a high-speed crash that sent her through the safety fencing o...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccines than expected

DENVER – The federal government has told Colorado it will receive thousands fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in a second shipment than originally expected, although the...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico tosses 75 vaccine doses over temperature issues

SANTA FE – New Mexico has discarded a 75-dose shipment of the new COVID-19 vaccine this week after a digital device showed it overheated during transportation to a hospital, officials said. ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado reports 40K people filed for jobless benefits

DENVER – Colorado reported unemployment filings have ticked up during the latest surge of the coronavirus pandemic, rising by more than 11% in the last week, officials said. The C...

DATE: Dec 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least seven Mexican wolf pups cross-fostered into wild packs

PHOENIX â€“ At least seven Mexican wolf pups have successfully cross-fostered into wild packs since last spring, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials said. Members of the Me...

DATE: Dec 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News