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Mountain lion management plan sets goals for west Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION – A draft plan by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife department would maintain stable populations of mountain lions in western Colorado. The plan would establish a spe...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico election regulators want mail-in-only primary because of coronavirus

SANTA FE, N.M. – Local elections official petitioned the New Mexico Supreme Court for permission to conduct the June 2 primary election by mail, asserting that the coronavirus pandemic makes...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation issues curfew as virus spreads

214 positive cases recorded, seven confirmed dead

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. sheriff suspected of showing up drunk to standoff

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is reviewing a case involving a sheriff who police said showed up drunk to a SWAT standoff and tried to order officers away. ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis says spread of coronavirus is slowing, but second person in 40s has died

Virus has infected more than 2,600 people and hospitalized more than 400

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Supplies brought to Navajos who lack running water at home

ALBUQUERQUE – Health officials have been telling people for weeks to wash their hands thoroughly to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. That’s not always an easy task on the N...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Increase of Colorado police impersonators connected to virus

DENVER – Some Colorado law enforcement agencies reported an increase in police impersonators pulling over drivers since the governor ordered residents to stay at home to slow the spread of t...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Moose that trampled woman in Breckenridge yard is euthanized

BRECKENRIDGE – A moose that trampled a woman in her yard in Breckenridge has been euthanized after showing aggression, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said. The woman suffer...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe police lieutenant faces domestic violence charge

SANTA FE – A Santa Fe police lieutenant has been placed on alternative duty after he was arrested for domestic violence. Court records show Christopher McCord faces an aggravated ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico primary challengers face uphill fight amid virus

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – For weeks, Carrie Hamblen has knocked on doors, shook hands at festivals, and passed out campaign material in her effort to unseat Sen. Mary Kay Papen – one of the most po...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man’s coronavirus death in Bernalillo County is second in state

New Mexico has reported a second death related to the coronavirus, a man in his 80s who died Friday in Bernalillo County as the outbreak spanned the state, with cases reported in urban and r...

DATE: Mar 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico group tries to evict domestic violence clients

GALLUP, N.M. – Battered Families Services, which was founded nearly 40 years ago to provide safety and much needed services to local domestic violence survivors and their children, has spent...

DATE: Mar 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News