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Census: New Mexico response rate near bottom among states

ALBUQUERQUE – There’s more work to be done in New Mexico, where federal officials say just over one-third of households have responded to the 2020 Census. About a month into the s...

Cortez fire crews respond to uncontrolled burns

No structures lost in back-to-back calls

CDOT suspends Bustang and Outrider service

The Colorado Department of Transportation has suspended its Bustang and Outrider bus service between cities throughout the state, effective March 29. The suspension is meant to re...

Highlands University students to help museums go virtual

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students are working with state officials to bring online visitors to New Mexico museums later this spring. The university announ...

New Mexico agency: Hemorrhagic disease killing rabbits

SANTA FE – New Mexico wildlife managers say recent deaths in both wild jackrabbit and cottontail populations were the result of a hemorrhagic disease known as RHDV-2. The state Ga...

Colorado county approves first set of oil and gas regulations

FORT COLLINS – Commissioners in a Colorado county approved regulations for new oil and gas facilities for the first time. The board of commissioners in Larimer County Board voted ...

Page man arrested for urging killings of Navajo over virus

PAGE, Ariz. – Authorities in northern Arizona have arrested a man for writing a racist social media post accusing Navajo people of carrying the coronavirus and calling for their deaths. ...

Worker at Colorado emergency center tests positive for virus

CENTENNIAL – A member of Colorado’s Unified Command Group at the State Emergency Operations Center in Centennial just outside Denver has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials say. ...

Xcel selling Mankato plant to Southwest Generation

MINNEAPOLIS – Xcel Energy said Monday it will sell its natural gas-fired power plant in southern Minnesota to Southwest Generation for $680 million and use the money, in part, to support the...

Denver opening roomier shelter, hotel rooms for homeless

DENVER – Denver is opening a large, temporary homeless shelter and making about 300 hotel rooms available to homeless people who need to be isolated because of the coronavirus, moves the may...

Convicted Colorado murderer writes letter claiming innocence

CRIPPLE CREEK – A Colorado man sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of fatally beating his fiancée with a baseball bat has written a letter to a local television reporter argui...

New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared

ALBUQUERQUE – While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. ...