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Fire at Albuquerque assisted living facility displaces 13

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque fire department says 13 residents of an assisted living facility were displaced by a fire in one apartment Saturday morning. The department says fi...

Interpreters help deaf residents stay informed about virus

SANTA FE (AP) – Shira Grabelsky finds it “hurtful” the White House does not provide sign language interpreters at media briefings about COVID-19. “It is both discriminatory and al...

Balloon fiesta organizers hold out hope for October event

ALBUQUERQUE – Organizers say it’s “full speed ahead” as they plan for this year’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted by New Mexico’s la...

Two national monuments in New Mexico plan partial reopenings

GRANTS, N.M. – Plans are being made to partially reopen two national monuments near Grants in northwestern New Mexico for recreational access after being closed because of the coronavirus pa...

Denver protest devolves into 2nd night of confrontation

DENVER – Hundreds of people staged a raucous, roving protest in Denver on Friday that was generally peaceful until night fell, when police deployed gas canisters and fired pellet guns for a ...

Albuquerque cops use tear gas, helicopter against protesters

ALBUQUERQUE – Police in Albuquerque said officers were forced to use tear gas and a helicopter against demonstrators early Friday after a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapoli...

Open space patrols begin around Albuquerque amid fire danger

ALBUQUERQUE – Firefighters have started patrolling open space areas around New Mexico’s largest metropolitan area as dry conditions intensify and fire danger increases. The patrol...

Denver mayor decries violence in protests over Floyd death

DENVER – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock called for calm and unity Friday after the first of several planned city protests over George Floyd’s death turned violent, declaring, “Let not the stor...

Navajo Nation reports 102 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Department of Health has reported 102 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and one more known death. That pushes the numbers to 4,944 posi...

Escaped Colorado inmates pretended to be immigrants

SELLS, Ariz. – The U.S. Border Patrol says two men who escaped from a Colorado prison said they were Mexican immigrants who wanted to be deported when agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico bor...

Memorial installed at park to honor Chicano rights activists

BOULDER – A memorial has been installed at Chautauqua Park in Boulder to remember six Chicano rights activists and students who were killed in two separate bombings days apart more than 40 y...

Man charged in Mennonite woman’s death grew up in the faith

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – In a forest clearing outside Flagstaff, Arizona, Sasha Krause was found cold and stiff, with a bullet wound to the back of her head. She was face down beneath brush, weari...