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Pandemic aid helps New Mexico tribe fix damaged adobe homes

SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) – First came the hail – sheets of it, pounding the centuries-old adobe homes at Santo Domingo Pueblo. Roofs were perforated “like a machine gun,” w...

First Black Supreme Court justice in Colorado dies at 72

DENVER – Gregory Kellam Scott, the only Black justice to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court, died unexpectedly at his home in Indiana. He was 72. Scott died Wednesday, The Denver...

Navajo Nation reports 17 virus cases, one additional death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Friday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases and one additional death related to the disease. The Navajo Department of Health said that since th...

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...