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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...

Ducey blasts Phoenix for closing parks on Easter weekend

PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey escalated a long-simmering fight with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego on Friday by demanding the city drop its plans to close parking lots and grills at city par...

Activists call for probe into air quality official’s actions

DENVER (AP) – A Colorado environmental coalition is demanding that Gov. Jared Polis remove the director of the state Air Pollution Control Division, who is named in a whistleblower complaint...

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...

New Mexico primed to join recreational pot wave

Lawmakers push legislation through in special session; governor’s signature awaits

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...

Democrats pick Melanie Stansbury to seek congressional seat

SANTA F – Democratic Party leaders have picked state Rep. Melanie Stansbury as the nominee to defend an Albuquerque-based congressional seat left open by newly confirmed Secretary of the Int...