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Big Sky scuttles rest of fall sports schedule over COVID-19

FARMINGTON, Utah – The Big Sky Conference has voted to postpone all fall sports competition until the spring because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The decision follo...

Senators lay out plan for college athletes bill of rights

A group of senators led by Cory Booker of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Thursday released a plan for reforming college sports with an athletes bill or rights. ...

Union votes no confidence, calls for Santa Fe mayor’s ouster

SANTA FE – A union representing just over half of city workers is calling on the Santa Fe City Council to remove Mayor Alan Webber. The union approved a resolution Wednesday night...

Project will bring drinking water to New Mexico pueblos

POJOAQUE PUEBLO, N.M. – Work has started on a project that will bring drinking water to residents of four northern New Mexico pueblos as part of a settlement that ended a decades-long fight ...

Western Colorado fires grow in warm weather, drought

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Fueled by drought conditions, wildfires burning in western Colorado continue to grow in warm, windy weather. The Grizzly Creek Fire east of Glenwood Springs, wh...

Excessive heat to bake Southwest through weekend

PHOENIX – Excessive heat is expected across the U.S. Southwest into early next week, with forecasters warning of temperatures over 110 degrees in desert cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas....

Avalanche score 3 in 90 seconds to beat Coyotes

Two in 10 seconds to open Kuemper’s gate

George, Leonard lead Clippers past Nuggets for No. 2 seed

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Paul George scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers wrapped up the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 124-111 victory ...

Baseball Hall of Fame opens Inductees Exhibit

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The Baseball Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 has to wait a year to get inducted because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the careers of Derek Jeter, Ted Simmons, Larry Walke...

New Mexico warns of fake face mask exemption cards

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials are warning residents that fraudulent face mask exemption cards are being distributed to the public. The cards falsely purport to be issued ...

Navajo Nation reports 22 more COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials have reported 22 more cases of COVID-19 and four additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to 9,356 ...

New office in New Mexico to focus on Indigenous cold cases

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. officials have opened an office in New Mexico dedicated to investigating cold cases involving Indigenous people who are missing or have been killed. The office ...