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Navajo Nation reports 40 more COVID-19 cases, three more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials have reported 40 more coronavirus cases and three additional known deaths. Tribal Department of Health officials said 7,981 peo...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado police investigate comments on demonstration video

COLORADO SPRINGS – Police in Colorado are conducting an internal investigation of an officer accused of calling for protesters to be killed in comments during a live social media broadcast. ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation president vetoes items from federal virus aid

GALLUP, N.M. – The president of the Navajo Nation used line-item vetoes on two bills distributing funds from a federal coronavirus relief package. The Navajo Nation Council passed...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver suburb vows to protect police from lawsuit costs

GREENWOOD VILLAGE – A Denver suburb is promising to pay all legal costs for police officers accused of misconduct in reaction to Colorado’s new police accountability law that makes officers ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coroner says boy found in Eagle River accidentally drowned

EAGLE – Authorities have confirmed that a body pulled from the Eagle River in western Colorado is that of a 3-year-old boy who had been missing for nearly a month. Sebastian Rodri...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

North Dakota man to pay $74K for poaching trophy mule deer

SANTA FE – A North Dakota man has been ordered to pay $74,000 in restitution for poaching a trophy mule deer buck in northwestern New Mexico. The state Department of Game and Fish...

DATE: Jul 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Shoot out between banadanna-wearing suspects investigated

FOUNTAIN – Police in southern Colorado are investigating a shoot out between people in two cars who were all reportedly wearing bandannas. There were no known injuries shooting wh...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Monuments and statues are falling. But what comes next?

TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. – The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico community saw one of...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico fines Denver-based firm $5.3M for air pollution

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department has fined an oil and gas company more than $5.3 million for repeated violations of state air pollution standards. DCP Midstream wa...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Man detained children after mistaking pen for bullet

HOBBS, N.M. â€“ A New Mexico man is facing charges after police said he held a group of children against their will when the thought one of them had a .50-caliber round. Police sa...

DATE: Jul 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Farmington woman gets prison for running over federal lawman

ALBUQUERQUE – A Farmington woman accused of running over a federal law enforcement officer with a vehicle was sentenced to more than nine years in prison Tuesday. Prosecutors said...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Two COVID-19 cases lead to widespread testing at Colorado prison

DENVER – Widespread testing for the coronavirus will be conducted at a Colorado prison after one inmate and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the state corrections department said...

DATE: Jul 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News