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Why do rural Colorado counties have higher vaccination rates?

Silverton has inoculated nearly 80% of those currently eligible

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Infections among inmates boost New Mexico’s COVID case total

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials confirmed an additional 659 COVID-19 infections Friday – marking the highest daily case total in more than three weeks. The New Mexico Depar...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado vaccine distribution expands as production ramps up

DENVER – Anyone 60 and older will be eligible to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus beginning March 5 followed by those 50 and older toward the end of the month, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man gets nearly 20 years for Colorado synagogue bomb plot

DENVER – A man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison on Friday for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year by a judge who described the case as “dripping with Nazism an...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 23 new coronavirus cases, four deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has continued on a downward trend in the number of daily coronavirus cases. Tribal health officials on Friday reported 23 new cases of COVID...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribes in legal limbo over federal virus relief funding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Nearly a year after Congress passed a coronavirus relief bill, some Native American tribes remain in legal limbo over what’s been distributed. The issue didn’t ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado changes vaccine plan again, moving down most essential workers

Polis moves up Coloradans between ages of 60 and 64

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor signs bill to preserve abortion rights

SANTA FE – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a bill to shore up abortion rights in New Mexico, saying a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Skier dies after accident at Colorado mountain resort

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A 48-year-old skier died this week from an accident at Colorado’s Sunlight Mountain Ski Resort. Job Henning, 48, suffered head injuries and was found unresponsi...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police officer pleads for Capitol riot suspect’s release

DENVER – A person identifying himself as a Denver police officer is among a group of people hoping to persuade a judge to release a Colorado geophysicist accused of assaulting police during ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Las Cruces school official struck, killed while walking dogs

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Karen Trujillo, school superintendent for New Mexico’s second largest city of Las Cruces and a former leader of the state Public Education Department, was hit and killed b...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

High court rejects ‘warrior gene’ defense as unreliable

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction Friday against a man who claimed a “warrior gene” made him predisposed to impulsive acts of violence. In a unanimous ...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Druango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Druango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...