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Navajo Nation reports 61 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Monday reported 61 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths. The latest numbers raised the totals to 28,388 cases and 1,020 kn...

New Mexico vaccine clinic stops giving shots temporarily

ALBUQUERQUE – One of New Mexico’s largest vaccination clinics will hit the pause button this week and temporarily stop giving vaccines after administering shots for more than a week, citing ...

New Mexico reports 752 additional COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico on Saturday reported 752 additional known COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to 173,539 cases and 3,265 deaths. The n...

New Mexico tribe sues U.S. over hospital closure amid pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico Indigenous tribe is suing the U.S. government, claiming that federal health officials have violated the law by ending emergency and in-patient medical care at a ho...

Man faces federal charges in New Mexico train derailment

VADO, N.M. – A New Mexico man is facing federal charges for allegedly derailing a freight train. Federal prosecutors said Luis Angel Rodriguez made an initial court appearance Fri...

Colorado to open vaccine to adults 65-69 and teachers on Feb. 8

DENVER – Colorado will open COVID-19 vaccine appointments up to people ages 65 to 69 and school personnel on Feb. 8, Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday. The announcement was made a...

Colorado man going to Washington to face riot charges

DENVER – A federal magistrate judge Friday ordered a Colorado man, accused of using bear spray or mace on police officers in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot, be sent to Washington to face charg...

Missing Colorado man found dead in backcountry near Aspen

ASPEN – A missing Colorado man has been found dead after a two-day search earlier this week at Snowmass Ski Resort near Aspen, authorities said. David Cross, 32, of Carbondale was...

New Mexico lawmaker, Capitol staff members contract COVID-19

SANTA FE – A Republican lawmaker in the New Mexico House of Representatives and four employees at the state Capitol have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, officials said. ...

Strong, potentially damaging winds forecast in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Forecasters say a storm system will bring strong to potentially damaging winds to New Mexico’s central highlands Friday night and Saturday. The National Weather Serv...

New Mexico prison chief says private jails needed, for now

SANTA FE – New Mexico is sticking with its approach to contracting with privately operated prisons – and possibly phasing them out as time and money allow, state Corrections Secretary Alisha...

Navajo Nation reports 11 COVID-19 deaths, reaching 1,000 mark

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 11 more COVID-19 deaths to reach the 1,000 mark since the pandemic began. They also reported 59 new coro...