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Official: Many in New Mexico eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

ALBUQUERQUE – A significant number of New Mexico residents are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations because they have one or more preexisting medical conditions, the state health secretary...

Pandemic inspires housing solutions for Colorado’s homeless

DENVER – There were eight days left in the month, and enough of Bruce Brooks’ Social Security check to cover renting a hotel room in Greeley for exactly none of them. Brooks, 61, ...

New Mexico liver transplant survivor maintains faith, hope

GALLUP, N.M. – From a distance, the COVID-19 drive-up testing site at the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Urgent Care Clinic resembled a car garage that offered quick oil ch...

New Mexico reports 1,507 additional virus cases, 22 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday announced 1,507 additional known COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths, increasing the state’s totals since the pandemic began to 154,954 cases and 2,732 deaths...

Colorado man arrested after human remains found in suitcases

DENVER – Authorities in Colorado have arrested a man police believe is a suspect in a case involving the human remains of an adult man that were found in two large suitcases near a trail i...

Officials tour possible Space Command site in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – Air Force officials have toured the grounds of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque to evaluate the site as a possible location for the U.S. Space Command. Strateg...

Navajo Nation reports 237 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Friday reported 237 new coronavirus cases and 22 more deaths. The latest figures increased the tribe’s totals since the pand...

Aurora mayor criticized after posing as homeless person

AURORA – Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman drew continuing criticism this week in Colorado after he posed as a homeless person on the streets and called homelessness a “choice” in a television segme...

New Mexico opens vaccine distribution to more people

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is moving ahead with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, expanding eligibility on Friday to people 75 and older as well as residents with underlying medical conditions th...

Colorado governor explains vaccine access for adults 70 and older

DENVER – As Colorado moves into its next phase of vaccine distribution, Gov. Jared Polis explained the state’s plans for vaccinating adults 70 and older. The goal is to have 70% o...

New Mexico Supreme Court overturns child abuse convictions

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has overturned the child abuse convictions of an Albuquerque man in the 2015 death of an infant. A divided court in a ruling issued Friday ...

Colorado officers won’t be charged for detaining Black girls

DENVER – Suburban Denver police officers who detained four Black girls by gunpoint, handcuffing two of them, after wrongly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car this summer won’t be ch...