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Denver’s airport reopens after powerful winter storm

DENVER – Denver’s airport reopened Monday after a powerful late winter snowstorm dumped over 3 feet of heavy, wet snow on parts of Colorado and Wyoming, shutting down roads, closing state le...

DATE: Mar 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cost to fortify New Mexico Statehouse is $700K and growing

SANTA FE – Troops, extra police details and fences cordoning off the New Mexico state Capitol grounds and adjacent streets from public access have cost taxpayers at least $700,000 in police ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque schools to resume in-person learning on April 5

ALBUQUERQUE – With the slowing of the coronavirus outbreak, Albuquerque Public Schools will resume in-person learning for five days a week on April 5 though students can continue remote lear...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

In a pandemic, Navajo community steps up for its vulnerable

TEESTO, Ariz. – For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no one. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Airline passenger accused of refusing mask, then urinating

DENVER – A Colorado man accused of disrupting an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Denver by refusing to wear a mask and then standing up and urinating in the cabin faces a federal char...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado reports most killings in 2020 in 25 years

DENVER – There were more people per capita in Colorado who were killed last year than there have been in 25 years, according to state data. The state Bureau of Investigation repor...

DATE: Mar 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI offers reward in probe of October death in Shiprock

FARMINGTON– The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward as it continues to investigate the suspicious death of a Navajo Nation man whose body was found in October along a highway in Shiprock. ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado reaches $10.2 billion in marijuana sales since 2014

DENVER – Colorado marijuana sales have surpassed $10 billion since the state’s recreational market began in 2014 – thanks in large part to a record-setting 2020 in which businesses sold $2.2...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. says ranger tried to diffuse run-in before using Taser

ALBUQUERQUE – A National Park Service ranger used a stun gun on a man who identifies as Native American after trying repeatedly to diffuse a confrontation on federal land in New Mexico, acco...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor eyes mid-April to open vaccines for all in Colorado

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he expects every resident to be eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine by mid-April, a faster timeline than what President Joe Biden previously annou...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two found alive, one dead after stranded in Colorado wilderness

CRAIG – A woman and her two children were found Thursday by aircraft after they spent two nights in the northwestern Colorado wilderness, authorities said. The Moffat County sheri...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico state Senate passes hair discrimination bill

SANTA FE – The New Mexico state Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit discrimination based on traditional hairstyles and head coverings. If signed into law, hair-based disc...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...