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Arizona declares state holiday to honor Native code talkers

PHOENIX – Arizona has a new state holiday. Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday to honor Native Americans who used their language to transmit coded messages during World War II. ...

Colorado serviceman recounts 341 days at sea during pandemic

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – Christian Flores and thousands of others on the USS Nimitz sailed through the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea last year. But, they never left the aircra...

All Colorado residents eligible for COVID vaccines on Friday

DENVER – Colorado residents over age 16 will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday. “We still anticipate by mid-to-late May ... e...

Body found after house fire in northern Colorado

FORT COLLINS – Authorities say one person was found dead following a fire at a home in northern Colorado. The Coloradoan reports firefighters were called to the home in Old Town...

Off-duty Las Cruces firefighter gets bee swarm to buzz off

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A Las Cruces firefighter who is also a beekeeper is credited with safely removing a swarm of bees found inside a parked car. City of Las Cruces spokesman Dan Tr...

Colorado to scale back its school standardized testing

DENVER – Students in Colorado will only take one state standardized test this year in either math or English following a year of challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The...

New Mexico eases vaccination process for older residents

SANTA FE – New Mexico is trying to make it even easier for residents 75 and older to get vaccinated. The state Health Department announced Monday that people in that age group wil...

Funeral Mass celebrated Monday for slain Boulder officer

DENVER – A Roman Catholic funeral Mass was being celebrated Monday for a Colorado police officer shot and killed after rushing into a supermarket where a gunman had opened fire. T...

Navajo Nation extends, loosens its health order on COVDI-19

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has extended and loosened a health order intended to help curb spread of the coronavirus. Under the latest “safer at home” order issued Frid...

New Mexico reports 185 additional COVID-19 cases, two deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 185 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases with only two more deaths amid continued slowing of the coronavirus outbreak. The state’s pandem...

Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf

SANTA FE – A federal judge has tossed a rancher’s claim that he should still have the right to use federal land in New Mexico after it was revoked for killing a wolf. Craig Thiess...

GOP picks Mark Moores to run for U.S. House seat Haaland held

SANTA FE – A cadre of New Mexico state Republican Party leaders on Saturday chose state Sen. Mark Moores to run for the Albuquerque-based congressional seat held by Deb Haaland before she wa...