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New Mexico reports second highest daily COVID-19 death count

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials said Friday that another 43 people in the state have died because of COVID-19 complications, marking the second highest daily death toll since the pand...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Indian Health Service plans for vaccine distribution

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans said Friday it will receive more than enough vaccines to protect all the people working in hospitals and ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado announces locations for initial COVID-19 vaccines

DENVER – The Colorado health department announced its plans to distribute the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines on Friday. Approval of the Pfizer vaccine from the federal Food a...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FBI: Agent shot, wounded while serving warrant in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – An FBI agent was shot and wounded Friday while helping serve a federal search warrant in Albuquerque, an agency spokesman said. The agent was transported in stable c...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Auditor: New Mexico MLK panel failed to meet fiscal duties

ALBUQUERQUE – The Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission and its executive director are failing to meet their fiscal responsibilities, according to audit findings released by State Auditor ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe approves new short-term rental restrictions

SANTA FE – City officials in Santa Fe have approved new restrictions for short-term rental owners who offer rooms and homes as vacation lodging in an effort to curtail the number of rentals ...

DATE: Dec 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico expects vaccine delivery with day of approval

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Thursday the first doses of coronavirus vaccine from drug maker Pfizer are expected to arrive in New Mexico within 24 hours of pending ...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado police department settles excessive force lawsuit

AURORA – A Colorado police department agreed to a $285,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed several officers used excessive force against him during an arrest. T...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit alleges secrecy at New Mexico prison agency

SANTA FE – A newly founded watchdog organization on prison conditions says it is colliding with a culture of secrecy at the New Mexico Corrections Department that may interfere with monitori...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Immigrant requests pour in for New Mexico virus relief money

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials have received tens of thousands of applications for virus relief payments meant for residents regardless of immigration status. State lawmakers rec...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo officials work to add sites for virus isolation, care

FARMINGTON â€“ Navajo health officials are working to boost the number of isolation and alternate care sites for those infected with the coronavirus. The tribe had awarded a $50 m...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kellyanne Conway on Air Force Academy Board of Visitors

DENVER – President Donald Trump has appointed his longtime aide Kellyanne Conway to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors after she left the White House in August. The A...

DATE: Dec 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News