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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...

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Native American education funding at stake in New Mexico Legislature

SANTA FE – Native American education advocates say state officials are finally starting to speak their language. That’s not an Indigenous language – many of which are spoken by Ne...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Downward trend of COVID-19 cases continues in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials on Thursday reported an additional 678 confirmed COVID-19 infections, bringing the statewide total since the pandemic began to nearly 172,000 cases. ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico lawmakers consider hair discrimination bill

SANTA FE – A bill to protect New Mexico students and workers from discrimination stemming from hairstyles or religious coverings cleared its first legislative hurdle Tuesday, winning a unani...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cowboys for Trump leader seeks release from Washington jail

SANTA FE – Defense attorneys for jailed Cowboys for Trump leader Couy Griffin urged a federal judge Wednesday to release the New Mexico county commissioner and gun rights advocate as he awai...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque police: Triple shooting leaves 2 dead, 1 injured

Albuquerque police say no immediate arrest has been made in a triple shooting that left two people dead and a third person wounded. No identities were released but police said two...

DATE: Jan 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 teens arrested in Denver house fire that killed 5

DENVER – Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with a house fire in Denver that killed five recent immigrants, including two children, from the West African nation of Senegal, pol...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado projects COVID-19 safety measures can save 4,000 lives

DENVER – Health officials in Colorado have projected that more than 4,000 lives could be saved in the state if residents continue following safety guidelines intended to reduce the spread of...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Residents propose Weld County leave Colorado, join Wyoming

DENVER – Residents have launched an effort to get a measure on the November ballot that would explore a Colorado county becoming part of Wyoming. A Colorado campaign finance discl...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man who murdered his parents, brother gets parole

LONGMONT – A Colorado man who murdered his mother, father and brother as a teenager in 1986 has been released on parole. Larry Long, 53, was released from prison Jan. 5 after serv...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver asks appeals court to stop ruling on homeless sweeps

DENVER – The city of Denver is asking a federal appeals court to block a judge’s ruling that requires officials to give seven days’ notice before clearing illegal homeless encampments. ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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