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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...

Rules to reduce New Mexico methane emissions being drafted

FARMINGTON – Two New Mexico departments reportedly plan to release draft complimentary regulations for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors later this year. ...

New Mexico encourages mail-in balloting amid virus concerns

SANTA FE – New Mexico election regulators are encouraging registered voters to request mail-in ballots ahead of the state’s June 2 primary election in light of a public health emergency conc...

Man pleads guilty in fatal child abuse case in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A man has pleaded guilty in a case involving the fatal beating and torture of 13-year-old Jeremiah Valencia in 2017. Jordan Nunez, 21, entered his guilty plea in a Firs...

N.M. governor orders coronavirus testing in all 33 counties

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has given orders to establish a coronavirus testing site in each of the state’s 33 counties, a top public health official told a call-in for...

New Mexico Junior College votes to raise tuition

HOBBS, N.M. – The New Mexico Junior College Board has voted to raise tuition. The Hobbs News-Sun reports the governing board of the southeastern New Mexico school approved Th...

Santa Fe police sued in elderly woman’s freezing death

SANTA FE – The family of a 92-year-old woman who froze to death in Santa Fe has filed a lawsuit saying Santa Fe police did not try hard enough to find her. A lawyer for Antonia Ga...

Former Real Madrid president dies from coronavirus

MADRID — Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died Saturday from the new coronavirus, his family said. He was 76. Sanz had been in intensive care since the beginning of the...

Northern Colorado promotes Smiley as head basketball coach

GREELEY – Steve Smiley has been promoted to head men’s basketball coach at Northern Colorado, replacing Jeff Lindor, who took over at the University of Wyoming. Athletic director ...

Television med shows donate masks, Cannes delayed amid coronavirus

From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, w...

Wintry weather returns to Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wintry weather was making a comeback to the high plains and Rocky Mountains on Thursday, with rain, ice and snow hitting the region. The National Weather Service ...