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Coronavirus surges with emergency order close to expiration

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is weighing whether to extend major provisions of an emergency health order that limits nonessential business activity and bans gatherings o...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico forester issues restrictions due to fire danger

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s state forester is imposing immediate restrictions on fireworks, campfires, smoking and open fires on all nonmunicipal, nonfederal and nontribal lands statewide becaus...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

1 drops out of race against powerful New Mexico senator

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – One of the two Democrats seeking to unseat New Mexico Senate President Pro Tempore Mary Kay Papen in the upcoming primary has dropped out. State Senate primary ...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation extends emergency declaration until June 7

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has extended an executive order declaring a state of emergency and government closures to June 7 in an attempt to minimize the spread of the coronaviru...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado faces $3.3 billion state deficit because of pandemic

DENVER – Colorado’s tourism-and-energy-dependent economy has been crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, presenting lawmakers with a projected $3.3 billion in cuts they must make to craft a ba...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body of missing woman found in SUV in New Mexico reservoir

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. – A Truth or Consequences woman missing since late January has been found dead in her SUV after it was discovered in Elephant Butte Reservoir, Sierra County Sheri...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado judge sentence to jail for 2nd DUI

DENVER – A Colorado judge is expected to be sentenced to a jail term for pleading guilty to a second DUI charge within two years. Debra Gunkel, 62, pleaded guilty to violating the...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Senators seek to designate Gila River as ‘wild and scenic’

ALBUQUERQUE – Portions of the Gila River would be designated as “wild and scenic” under legislation unveiled Tuesday by New Mexico’s two U.S. senators. Spanning parts of New Mexic...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews searching for 3-year-old girl after floods kill sister

SALT LAKE CITY – A 7-year-old girl has died and her 3-year-old sister is missing after flash flooding sent torrents of water into a narrow canyon in the Utah desert, authorities said Tuesday...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge rules against Weld County in coronavirus jail dispute

GREELEY – The way the Weld County jail handled the coronavirus pandemic has violated its inmates’ constitutional rights, a judge ruled. Judge Philip Brimmer found Monday that Sher...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico opens COVID-19 testing to all workers in state

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials have announced that COVID-19 testing is now available for all workers in the state. The New Mexico Department of Health said Monday testing would b...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Governor to suspend license of cafe packed with customers on Sunday

Polis says he’s ‘very disappointed’ in businesses breaking coronavirus rules

DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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