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Number of Navajo Nation COVID-19 cases surpasses 30,000

The Navajo Nation has reported nine new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths, pushing the total number of cases since the pandemic past 30,000. The latest numbers released Sunday brin...

New Mexico governor appoints judge to court of appeals

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed a judge to the state Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy created by Justice Julie J. Vargas’ appointment to the state Supreme C...

New Mexico Legislature delivers virus aid, civil rights; falters on pot

SANTA FE – As New Mexico’s annual legislative session came to a close Saturday, legislators charted an economic exit from the COVID-19 pandemic and checked off progressive priorities on poli...

Police: New Mexico charges coming after killings in 2 states

ALBUQUERQUE – Charges were imminent against a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico in a series of slayings that include the beating death of a New Jersey resid...

Man charged in N.J. slaying, questioned in 4 New Mexico deaths

ALBUQUERQUE – A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico was charged Wednesday with a separate killing in New Jersey. ...

Colorado panels kills GOP-backed transparency bill

DENVER – A Democrat-led Senate panel has killed a bill that would reduce the use among state employees of nondisclosure agreements. The bill’s Republican backers say public servants’ actions...

FBI: Cybercrime cost New Mexico victims nearly $24M in 2020

ALBUQUERQUE – Suspected cybercrime cost New Mexico victims almost $24 million last year, according to the FBI. The agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual...

Appeals court upholds deportation of acquitted Ghana student

DENVER – A Denver-based federal appeals court has ruled immigration officials were justified in deporting a student from Ghana who was jailed on a rape charge and later acquitted because he ...

Grocery store workers, others now on New Mexico vaccine list

ALBUQUERQUE – Grocery store employees, home caregivers, farm workers, other essential workers and people older than 60 are now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine in New Mexico. ...

Colorado officials say two COVID-19 variants on the rise

DENVER – Colorado’s chief medical officer says two highly contagious COVID-19 strains that are harder to detect and more resistant to treatment could make up 30% of coronavirus cases in the ...

State Police: 14-year-old arrested in killings of 2 men

VILLANUEVA, N.M. – Authorities in northern New Mexico say a 14-year-old Las Vegas boy has been arrested in the killings of two men at a home in the small community of Villanueva. ...

Colorado goose recovering after arrow removed from head

BOULDER – A goose that was found shot with an arrow in northern Colorado is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove it, police said Thursday. The goose, which was rescued Tu...