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New Mexico reports 218 more COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials reported 218 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and seven additional deaths. The state’s has reported a total of 192,152 known COVID-19 cases a...

Southern Colorado firefighter dies in work-related accident

COLORADO SPRINGS – A firefighter for the small southern Colorado town of Penrose has died in a work-related accident. Greg Gatzke died while working at Fort Carson for a contracte...

Judge dismisses environmentalists’ Gross Reservoir lawsuit

BOULDER – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2018 by a coalition of environmental advocacy groups challenging a permit for the expansion of Gross Reservoir in western Boulder C...

New Mexico group offers $10K reward in case of dead horses

CLOUDCROFT, N.M. – An animal advocacy group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the deaths of five horses found in sou...

Joe Biden says Rangers making mistake by allowing full capacity

President Joe Biden told ESPN on Wednesday it was a mistake for the Texas Rangers to allow full capacity at their ballpark for their first game. Speaking on the eve of opening day...

Navajo Nation reports five more COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported five new COVID-19 cases and five deaths. The tribe had reported no deaths in three of the previous four days and six of...

Avalanche report shows man died after being swept off cliff

FRISCO – A final report by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center has revealed that a man who died after being caught in a small avalanche in Colorado last month was swept over a 75-foot ...

Police kill man during confrontation in suburban Denver

LAKEWOOD – An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a man during a confrontation in suburban Denver. Lakewood police were called to an apartment complex just befo...

Denver man falls to death in Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – A 33-year-old Denver man died after falling about 50 feet from a rock outcropping in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Park officials say the...

Netflix lands ‘Knives Out’ sequels in high-priced deal

NEW YORK – Detective Benoit Blanc’s next cases will be for Netflix. The streaming company said Wednesday it has reached a deal for two sequels to Rian Johnson’s acclaimed 2019 whodunit, “Kni...

First female chief justice of Colorado Supreme Court dies

DENVER – The first female Supreme Court chief justice of Colorado has died after living for years with multiple sclerosis. Mary Mullarkey, who was 77, died Wednesday. She spent 23...

New Mexico to open up vaccine eligibility next week

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico will be expanding vaccine eligibility next week to everyone 16 years of age and older, state health officials said Wednesday. The federal government has d...