Democrats defend status quo on abortion access in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Democratic state senators advanced a bill Monday to repeal New Mexico’s dormant, 50-year-old ban on most abortion procedures that could go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court ov...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado judges deny many virus requests to release inmates

COLORADO SPRINGS – Out of dozens of requests for sentence reductions from inmates with health concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic, federal judges in Colorado approved just three in the fi...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Black girls wrongly held at gunpoint in Colorado file suit

DENVER – The families of four Black girls mistakenly detained by suburban Denver police at gunpoint last year after they were suspected of being in a stolen car sued police and the city of A...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snow buries northern Arizona; flurries delight in desert

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A major winter storm buried northern Arizona in snow on Monday while sending flurries to the outskirts of Las Vegas and Phoenix, delighting desert dwellers. A s...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

School bill challenges New Mexico virus restrictions

SANTA FE – A bipartisan group of New Mexico lawmakers is pushing legislation that would allow more students to attend class in person by shifting authority over decisions to reopen from stat...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 89 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Monday reported 89 new COVID-19 cases and four more deaths as a revised public health order is set to take effect. The lat...

DATE: Jan 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports nearly 860 new virus cases, 38 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 859 additional COVID-19 cases and 38 more deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to 168,579 cases and 3,115 deaths. Bernalillo C...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical

PHOENIX – A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado agency gets virus relief aid, reverses furloughs

DENVER – The Regional Transportation District in Colorado has halted layoffs for about 250 employees after it received more than $200 million from a $900 billion federal coronavirus relief a...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Carlsbad eyes converting university branch into college

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Carlsbad’s school board is voicing support for a proposal to convert the New Mexico State University branch campus in the southeastern New Mexico city into an independent co...

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Small liquor stores brace for more changes in alcohol laws

Impacts from liberalizing laws five years ago still being felt

DATE: Jan 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado dodges post-holiday wave of COVID-19

Public health restrictions, decline in mobility, mask use seen as helpful factors

DATE: Jan 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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