New Mexico teachers union opposes extending school year

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s largest teachers union is opposing legislation that would extend the school year to make up for learning that was lost during the coronavirus pandemic. Chi...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cowboys for Trump leader appeals for pretrial release

SANTA FE – Jailed Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is seeking a second judge’s opinion about whether he must remain incarcerated pending trial in connection with the siege of the U.S. ...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State Sen. Kerry Donovan to run against Rep. Lauren Boebert

DENVER – Democratic State Sen. Kerry Donovan formally announced Thursday she will challenge Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 2022 election, setting the stage for a nationally watched po...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado governor: Space Command, US lands agency must stay

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis is urging the Biden administration to keep the headquarters of two key U.S. government agencies in Colorado, arguing the U.S. Space Command and the Bureau of Land M...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado to track, study gray wolves travel patterns

DENVER – Wildlife officials have captured and collared a lone male wolf near North Park in north-central Colorado to study the travel patterns of wolves coming into the state. Con...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 70 new COVID-19 cases, six more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 70 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths. The latest numbers raised the totals to 28,544 cases and 1,0...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico health officials cite results from vaccine

SANTA FE – State health officials sounded an optimistic note Wednesday about progress in containing the coronavirus pandemic amid a gradual increase in federal vaccine supplies to New Mexico...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico latest legislature to question emergency powers

SANTA FE – State legislators in New Mexico are putting forward bills to curb their governor’s public health emergency powers. On Wednesday, a Senate committee is considering a Rep...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man, 95, held in shooting of assisted living center worker

LAFAYETTE – A 95-year-old resident of an assisted living facility was taken into custody Wednesday after shooting and wounding an employee, police said. The employee, a man in his...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Air Force likely to expand F-16 air space in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The U.S. Air Force signaled that it would likely expand existing airspace to train F-16 fighter pilots rather than create new flying areas over the Rio Grande Valley and G...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico seeks to boost health insurance subsidies

SANTA FE – The administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is backing legislation that would expand subsidies to the state’s health insurance exchange for residents who don’t qualify for M...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico counties could secede under long-shot proposal

SANTA FE – New Mexico has largely been a state divided by region when it comes to such issues as environmental regulations, pandemic-related school closures and gun rights laws. B...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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