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Officials: Repair of Colorado’s Capitol will cost $1 million

DENVER – Colorado officials say the cost of cleaning up vandalism to the state Capitol building is expected to total more than $1 million. The damage occurred during protests agai...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado workers join U.S. protest against racial injustice

DENVER – Dozens of janitors, security officers and health care workers knelt in silence in Denver on Monday to honor George Floyd and to participate in a nationwide protest against racial in...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kit Carson RV Park in Flagstaff sparks petition for new name

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A petition to change the name of a Flagstaff RV park named for explorer Kit Carson is gaining momentum in the wake of public conversations on systemic racism and white sup...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trench fever, a rare condition, found among Denver homeless

DENVER (AP) – Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo lawmakers to take up coronavirus-related bills

FARMINGTON – Navajo Nation lawmakers are considering overturning a presidential veto of a bill that cancels the tribe’s primary election in early August over concerns about the coronavirus. ...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver mayor picks sheriff department veteran to lead agency

DENVER – After previously looking to an outsider to address misconduct and excessive force allegations in its jails, Denver is hoping a longtime member of the sheriff’s department can help t...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico charting surge in coronavirus around Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE – State health officials are charting a recent surge in coronavirus cases in the Albuquerque area as New Mexico nears 17,000 reported cases of the COVID-19 illness. ...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosthetic helps Colorado student pilot fly pain-free

GREELEY – When Rudy Aist was 15 years old, he realized he wanted to fly. Almost by accident, he learned about flying on a whim while trying to earn a merit badge in boy scouts. He...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s Lt. Gov. wants stadium’s ‘Chief Wahoo’ dropped

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s lieutenant governor has called on the high school baseball team he once coached to remove its stadium’s logo of a Native American caricature. Howie Morales...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Charges dropped against teen in New Mexico school shooting

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – A teen accused of firing a gun at a New Mexico high school last year on the anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, shooting has been released and his charges have been dism...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico universities face prospect of budget challenges

SANTA FE – Officials say the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University face the prospect of major budget challenges because of reduced state funding and other fiscal fallout f...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Woman seriously injured in New Mexico bear attack

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – A woman was seriously injured when she was attacked by a bear that approached her and her husband as they were comet-watching on the deck of a northern New Mexico ski area...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News