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Colorado families ask for statewide school cannabis access

DENVER – Colorado families pleaded with state lawmakers on Wednesday to pass a bill to expand cannabis-based medicine at school. Under the current law, school districts must permi...

DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, seven more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials have reported 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases with seven additional deaths. The latest numbers released Tuesday night bring the...

DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arizona city becomes latest to pass hair discrimination ban

TUCSON, Ariz. – It is now illegal in Tucson, Arizona, to enforce dress code or grooming policies that discriminate against hair texture and hairstyles in the workplace and public schools, of...

DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

FAA enacting ‘NextGen’ air traffic maps in Las Vegas area

LAS VEGAS – New air traffic patterns go into effect Thursday in southern Nevada, switching to satellite navigational guides in what the Federal Aviation Administration calls its “NextGen” mo...

DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver to recognize Juneteenth as a commemorative holiday

DENVER – The Denver City Council declared Juneteenth an official commemorative holiday in the city, elevating the commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. from the status of a ceremon...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmental attorney to lead Bureau of Land Management

GRAND JUNCTION – The Bureau of Land Management announced that an attorney who previously worked on agency issues for environmental groups will serve as the new deputy director. Th...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico county vaccinates first responders under mandate

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – County officials in southern New Mexico have said most of the first responders in Doña Ana County, which includes Las Cruces, have received at least one of the two doses o...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico begins construction of new state crime lab

SANTA FE – New Mexico is getting a new state crime lab. The state Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday that construction of the new $21.9 million forensic laboratory ha...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chief: No discipline while state eyes death of Black man

DENVER – After the release of a highly critical report about the arrest and death of Elijah McClain in Colorado and a police investigation into the events, Aurora’s police chief said Tuesday...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque asks state to split hybrid learning, activities

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest school district asked the state to separate athletics and other extracurricular activities from the hybrid learning structure being used because of the cor...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Skier swept away by avalanche dies in Grand Teton park

MOOSE, Wyo. – An avalanche swept a skier a thousand feet down a mountainside to his death in Grand Teton National Park, officials said. Matthew Brien, 33, of Jackson, Wyoming, was...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 15 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Monday reported 15 new confirmed COVID-19 cases with one additional death. The latest numbers bring the total number of case...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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