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Interior Secretary plans Grand Canyon visit for reopening

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is scheduled to be at the Grand Canyon this weekend to highlight the park’s partial reopening after it shuttered tempor...

Colorado’s unemployment rate jumps to 11.3% in April

DENVER – Colorado’s unemployment rate surged to a record 11.3% in April as the state lost more than 323,000 jobs because of the economic shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the...

Denver mail hub stays open despite coronavirus closure order

WHEAT RIDGE – A U.S. Postal Service distribution facility in Denver that handles 10 million pieces of mail a day for Colorado and Wyoming remained open Friday despite being ordered to shut d...

More coronavirus testing planned at New Mexico meat plant

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Several dozen workers at a meat processing plant in southern New Mexico have tested positive for coronavirus as state health officials plan another round of testing at t...

Xcel Energy erects first turbines at New Mexico wind farm

PORTALES, N.M. – The first few turbines that will make up Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Project in eastern New Mexico have been erected, the utility announced Thursday. Company offi...

San Juan County reports year’s first human case of West Nile in N.M.

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials confirmed Thursday that the state has its first human case of West Nile virus infection this year. The health department said the patient, a...

Miller moth population has increased in Colorado, study says

COLORADO SPRINGS – Experts have reported an abundant supply of miller moths in Colorado that could continue for the next few weeks, reversing a four-year trend of below-average population nu...

Sheriff accused of interfering in SWAT standoff is arrested

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – A New Mexico sheriff suspected of showing up under the influence of alcohol to a SWAT standoff and trying to order officers away was arrested Thursday, authorities said. ...

Colorado unemployment claims decline, payouts still historic

DENVER – Regular unemployment claims declined for a fifth consecutive week last week but Colorado is paying record jobless benefits as the result of economic restrictions imposed because o...

Police: Woman with COVID-19 refused to quarantine, charged

ESTANCIA, N.M. – Authorities say a New Mexico woman who tested positive for COVID-19 is facing charges after she refused to quarantine herself and visited several businesses. KOAT...

Police: Colorado man told to wear mask shoots Waffle House cook

DENVER – A man is accused of shooting and wounding a Waffle House employee in suburban Denver the night after being asked to wear a face covering inside the restaurant, authorities said. ...

New Mexico likely to reopen restaurants, gyms, malls June 1

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham set a June 1 target date to restart dine-in service at restaurants and reopen gyms, hair salons and shopping malls at limited capacity. Thos...