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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...

Colorado confirms two more coronavirus variant cases

DENVER – Colorado has confirmed two more cases of a strain of the coronavirus believed to be more contagious, giving the state a total of three confirmed cases. Officials are also investigat...

New Mexico to see added $300 weekly in jobless benefits

ALBUQUERQUE – Labor officials in New Mexico have said residents receiving unemployment benefits should expect an extra $300 a week added to their benefits. The New Mexico Departme...

Lawyers: New Mexico trying to comply with education needs

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Public Education Department is working with school districts and internet providers to expand broadband access in rural areas struggling with remote learning, accor...

Navajo Nation reports 257 new COVID-19 cases, six more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 257 new coronavirus cases and six more deaths. The latest figures increased the tribe’s totals since the p...

Pandemic forces New Mexico legislative session to go virtual

SANTA FE – The Roundhouse will be off limits to the public and lobbyists as New Mexico’s upcoming legislative session will feature many virtual committee hearings and floor debates because o...

New Mexico governor grants clemency for 12 people

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has granted clemency for 12 people convicted of crimes in the state. The governor’s office announced the pardons Wednesday, sayin...

Colorado says fraud to blame for rise in unemployment claims

DENVER – An unusual spike in new unemployment claims in the week after Christmas was caused by fraudsters, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday. New unemp...

Boston Marathon bomber sues over ballcap, showers in Colorado prison

BOSTON – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has sued the federal government for $250,000 over his treatment at the Colorado prison where he is serving a life sentence. Tsarn...

Land management bureau approves two Colorado drilling projects

GRAND JUNCTION – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved for a second time two drilling projects in Colorado after considering a court-ordered greenhouse gas assessment of the develo...

Navajo Nation reports 222 new COVID-19 cases, one more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 222 new COVID-19 cases and one more death. The latest figures increased the tribe’s totals since the pand...