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Agency to provide COVID-19 tests at offices for food workers

SANTA FE – State officials are setting aside time slots for food industry workers for COVID-19 testing at numerous New Mexico Department of Health field offices statewide. The Dep...

Colorado fire chief out after vowing to spray protesters

DENVER – The fire chief of a small Colorado town has resigned after posting a comment on Facebook saying he would use high pressure water hoses for fun to spray demonstrators in Denver who h...

Man dead, officer wounded in shooting in suburban Denver

ENGLEWOOD – A man died and a police officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire during the investigation of a domestic violence report Tuesday night in suburban Denver, police said. ...

Cortez Rec Center reopens Monday with some restrictions

Some parts of facility will remain closed

SWOS students set commencement for July 31 in Cortez

Class of ’20 wanted in-person ceremony

New Mexico AG calls for uniform use of force policies

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas on Tuesday called for police reforms amid the latest round of protests in New Mexico and elsewhere over excessive force. Balderas sa...

Chief justice of New Mexico Supreme Court set to retire

SANTA FE – The chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court is retiring. Judith Nakamura will leave the bench July 31, after serving on the high court since December 2015. She pr...

Wildfire closes 39-mile stretch of highway in rural Arizona

MORENCI, Ariz. – A 39-mile stretch of a scenic highway in a sparsely populated part of eastern Arizona is closed because of a lightning-sparked wildfire burning in the Apache-Sitgreaves Na...

Colorado House advances bill to boost child vaccinations

DENVER – After hours of debate, Colorado’s Democrat-led House advanced a bill Tuesday to raise the state’s child immunization rates by adding new requirements for parents who choose to opt o...

Police accountability bill passes Colorado Senate 32-1

DENVER – The state Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed a sweeping police accountability bill introduced amid protests over the death of George Floyd, sending it to the House for consider...

Former Albuquerque detectives file whisteblower lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – A whistleblower lawsuit filed by former New Mexico police detectives says they were retaliated against for repeatedly raising concerns about the operation of their department’s...

Financial crisis looms over New Mexico cities, counties

SANTA FE – Local governments from Roswell to Santa Fe are being swept away in the “economic tsunami” of the coronavirus pandemic and may fall back on the state for financial aid, a leading s...