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Navajo Nation reports no COVID-19 deaths for 2nd day in row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Monday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 cases, but no additional deaths for the second consecutive day. The latest numbers brought the...

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Crews work to contain 2 small wildfires on Rio Chama bosque

ABIQUIU, N.M. – Crews were working Sunday to fully contain two small wildfires on the Rio Chama bosque near Abiquiu that forced some evacuations of residents. Rio Arriba County Sh...

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police issue summons to armed man at downtown rally

ALBUQUERQUE – Police say one armed man showed up for a planned white supremacist rally in downtown Albuquerque. Police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos Jr. says police had prepared Su...

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Alamogordo man loses high court appeal of murder conviction

SANTA FE – An Alamogordo man serving life in prison for murder and other crimes has lost an appeal. The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the convictions Monday of Robert “Bob” Chav...

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Thought that was it’: Runner recalls Boulder store shooting

BOULDER – Inside a small room where she and four others were hiding from a gunman just steps away from their locked door, Olympic hopeful Maggie Montoya made a quiet and emotional phone call...

DATE: Apr 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tucson officials learn more about planned migrant facility

TUCSON, Ariz. – A tent-like facility that the federal government plans to set up in Tucson to temporarily house migrants will be located near the city’s airport and be completed in about a m...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officer killed during February traffic stop had asked for rifle

SANTA FE – Newly released information about the killing of a New Mexico State Police officer during a Feb. 4 traffic stop indicates he was caught by surprise when a man who’d agreed to tempo...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo president balks at reopening tribal roads to visitors

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has vetoed a resolution to reopen tribal roads on the Navajo reservation to tourists and other visitors amid the continuing pandemic...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police arrest man accused of carjacking good Samaritan

ROSWELL, N.M. – The family of a 62-year-old woman who was struck with her own vehicle in New Mexico after a man she offered to help stole her car earlier this week has said she is still in a...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lee Hart, wife of 1984 presidential hopeful Gary Hart, dies

LAKEWOOD – Lee Hart, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart of Colorado, has died. She was 85. Lee Hart died Friday at a hospital in Lakewood after a brief illness. She campaign...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boulder Mennonites turn donated guns into garden tools

BOULDER (AP) – There was healing in the swing of a hammer at Boulder Mennonite Church on Good Friday. Dozens of community members gathered for a vigil to pray, reflect and remembe...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city finalizes purchase for homeless center

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) –The deal is finally done. Now, officials say, the real work begins. Albuquerque officials recently gathered with county and state leaders to commemorate the city...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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