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Stay-at-home orders issued for more than 2M in Denver area

DENVER – Officials in five Denver-area counties announced stay at home orders on Wednesday that will restrict the movement of more than 2 million people in an effort to slow the spread of ...

Colorado Army medical unit headed to Washington State

DENVER – Medical staffer members based at Colorado’s Fort Carson are being deployed to Washington State to back up doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients in one of the nation’s har...

University of New Mexico postpones commencement due to virus

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico is postponing its spring commencement because of the coronavirus pandemic. President Garnett Stokes will seek student input as he consid...

New Veterans Memorial Park planned for Taos

TAOS, N.M. – Volunteers and veterans are helping lead an effort to build a new Veterans Memorial Park in Taos. The Albuquerque Journal reports the nonprofit group Not Forgott...

Lawsuit: Police bullet at New Mexico school harmed student

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The family of a boy is suing a police officer who mistakenly fired his weapon inside a southern New Mexico middle school and nearly hit the student. The family ...

Stay-at-home order issued for Aspen, visitors told to leave

DENVER – Health officials are ordering residents in an around the exclusive resort community of Aspen to stay at home as much as possible and telling visitors to leave. Under the ...

Dead snowmobile rider was seeking treasure in Utah park

DENVER – Two snowmobile riders from Colorado were searching for an elusive treasure when they became stranded and one died in a Utah park. The pair set out from the Denver area Ma...

David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ to come out in book form

NEW YORK – David Byrne is adapting his stage play “American Utopia” for the printed page. The former Talking Heads frontman is collaborating with the author and illustrator Maira ...

Police: Man bit off part of girlfriend’s finger

ARTESIA, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he bit off a piece of his girlfriend’s finger after an argument over a cellphone in bed. Court records show Isi...

Denver issues stay-at-home order to fight virus spread

DENVER – Denver issued a stay at home order Monday limiting most people to going out only for essentials such as groceries, medication and exercise as officials try to slow the spread of the...

Lost Colorado snowmobile rider dies, companion survives

DENVER – Only one of two missing Colorado snowmobile riders was found alive after the men were stranded inside a remote area of Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument, authorities said. ...

National Guard to conduct mobile testing in Montrose County

DENVER – Colorado’s health department said it was sending COVID-19 testing kits Monday to another mountain community as it works to learn the extent of the spread of the coronavirus in the s...