New Mexico marks highest daily count of COVID-19 cases
Governor expected to announce new restrictions
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
The Associated Press
Colorado to close Independence Pass near Aspen for winter
ASPEN – Colorado transportation officials will close Highway 82 over Independence Pass for the winter on Friday, effectively turning Aspen into a city at the end of a proverbial cul-de-sac. ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado virus hot spot inmates only given masks last week
DENVER – Inmates at Colorado’s El Paso County Jail were not routinely given masks to stop the spread of the coronavirus until last week when it turned into the site of the state’s second-lar...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico overflow facility remains locked as cases spike
ALBUQUERQUE – An alternate care overflow facility in New Mexico designed to house coronavirus patients has remained locked and unused as hospitals across the state are increasingly slammed. ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico tax preparer admits reporting false information
ALBUQUERQUE – Federal prosecutors say a northern New Mexico tax preparer faces up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of aiding and abetting the preparation of false i...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Hunter from West Virginia fatally shot in Colorado
KREMMLING – An investigation is underway after a hunter was shot and killed in a remote area in northwestern Colorado.
Grand County sheriff’s officials say 26-year-old Simon Jacob...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Report: New Mexico’s outdoor economy growing faster than US
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s outdoor recreation economy is outpacing the industry’s growth nationwide, but state officials said Wednesday that there’s more work that could be done to help the ind...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business
Uncontrolled COVID-19 spread in 34 Navajo Nation communities
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday warned residents of the “uncontrolled spread” of COVID-19 in 34 communities on the vast reservation that covers parts of Ariz...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Report: Colorado health agency deleted emails about pandemic
DENVER – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has routinely deleted emails sent and received by officials responding to the coronavirus pandemic even though the state arc...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Fired officer says he was unfairly painted as a racist
DENVER – A Colorado police officer fired for not helping a restrained Black woman who begged for help after she became lodged upside down in the back of his patrol car is appealing his termi...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Border Patrol apprehends 41 migrants in southern New Mexico
SANTA TERESA, N.M. – The U.S. Border Patrol says 41 migrants were apprehended after getting off a bus on the Mexican side and then crossing into southern New Mexico while other people threw ...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico county advances plan for 200 deputy body cameras
ALBUQUERQUE – County officials in New Mexico have approved an agreement with a software company to procure body-worn cameras and vehicle recording units for about 200 sheriff’s deputies. ...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
