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Earthquake again hits Colorado near Utah border

Area near salinity-control injection well is prone to small quakes

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 159 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Tuesday reported 159 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths. In all, the tribe has now reported 18,324 cases and 688 know de...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sex abuse victims want archdiocese eliminated, lawyer says

ALBUQUERQUE – An attorney for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has claimed that alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse and their lawyers are seeking to eliminate the archdiocese in New Mexico by ...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Guatemala COVID-19 chief headed back to Colorado medical job

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The man leading Guatemala’s effort against the new coronavirus said Tuesday he is leaving that post in order to return to his job at the University of Colorado Denver. ...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado House speaker nixes probe into voting system

DENVER – Democratic Colorado House Speaker KC Becker has dismissed a request by state Republicans who want an investigation into the state’s election software and voting machines, accusing t...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver police lacked plan to handle protests, report says

DENVER – Denver police didn’t have a cohesive plan for handling large racial injustice protests that erupted last summer after the death of George Floyd, according to a report made public Tu...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police checking path of Colorado gunmen arrested in Florida standoff

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Investigators are tracking the path taken by two Colorado men who were arrested after a police chase and standoff in Florida’s Panhandle to see if they were involved in t...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus outbreak in Texas army base alarms New Mexico leaders

SANTA FE – The New Mexico congressional delegation is raising questions about a coronavirus outbreak among a group of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who returned to their home base in E...

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado houses of worship can now exceed pandemic capacity limits

Weddings and funerals labeled ‘essential’

DATE: Dec 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Identity of man who found treasure chest hidden by Forrest Fenn is revealed

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found a more than $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s State Court Administrator’s Office lacks ‘culture of accountability,’ audit finds

Department spent hundreds of thousands with little or no justification

DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 1,250 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more deaths

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 1,250 new COVID-19 cases with 11 additional deaths. The latest numbers pushed the state’s totals since the pandemic be...

DATE: Dec 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News