Election revives recreational pot initiatives in New Mexico

SANTA FE – State legislators are rekindling efforts to open New Mexico to recreational marijuana production and sales, with an emphasis on economic opportunity amid the turmoil of the corona...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 79 new COVID-19 cases and 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 79 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures bring the total number of...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe schools end in-person learning experiment

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Public Schools is ending a short-lived soft opening of in-person learning as the coronavirus pandemic hobbles the state. “I am announcing today a hiatus of our...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado jail virus outbreak infects 859 inmates, 66 workers

COLORADO SPRINGS – The El Paso County jail in Colorado has reported 859 of the 1,246 inmates in custody Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 along with 66 employees, authorities said. ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado brewer dies after falling while rock climbing

DENVER – An accomplished Colorado brewer has died after falling more than 500 feet while climbing some of the state’s most well-known mountains, authorities said. Jason Buehler, 4...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Worker shot trying to detain shoplifter

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police say a department store loss prevention officer was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot while attempting to detain a suspected shoplifter. ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado forests closed by wildfire threat set to reopen

DENVER – Two of Colorado’s most popular national forests are set to reopen to the public after a 19-day closure because of wildfire threats. Parts of the Arapaho and Roosevelt nat...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Colorado-Utah border

Nearby salinity-control injection well is suspected cause

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis extends Colorado’s mask mandate amid hospitalization increase

DENVER – With Colorado experiencing its highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations, Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide mask mandate Monday for another 30 days and said state employees w...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man accused of driving into Denver police pleads not guilty

DENVER – A man accused of intentionally swerving his car toward police and hitting three officers during a protest over racial injustice and police brutality pleaded not guilty on Monday. ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Isolation takes toll on Alzheimer’s patients amid pandemic

DENVER (AP) – Bart Bartholomew noticed the changes in his wife soon after the coronavirus pandemic began. One day, Dot, who was diagnosed with dementia more than a decade ago, sto...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hospitals seeing strain as COVID-19 cases climb

ALBUQUERQUE – Top medical officers for some of New Mexico’s largest hospital systems said Monday they are now at or above normal capacity as the coronavirus pandemic surges across the state....

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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