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Navajo Nation reports 197 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. â€“ Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 197 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. The latest figures released Monday night bring th...

DATE: Nov 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico legislators says virus shouldn’t delay their work

SANTA FE – Leading Democratic lawmakers pressed forward Monday with efforts to hold a legislative session in January 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies and members of a legislative...

DATE: Nov 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 1,033 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico reported 1,033 new COVID-19 cases Sunday and seven more deaths as preparations began for a two-week near-lockdown ordered by Gov. Michelle Lujan Gri...

DATE: Nov 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado police fatally shot unarmed man, attorney says

DENVER — A man killed by Colorado police was unarmed when he was shot inside a pickup truck, an attorney representing his family said. John Pacheaco Jr., 36, was shot dead by Glen...

DATE: Nov 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Acoma tribal governor says hospital cut vital services

ACOMA, N.M. – Native American officials at Acoma Pueblo say that federal authorities have suspended emergency and in-patient medical care at a hospital on Acoma tribal lands. In a...

DATE: Nov 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico shuts tax offices, jury trials to stem pandemic

SANTA FE – New Mexico is putting on hold any new jury trials and closing state motor vehicle offices in response to surging coronavirus infections across the state. The state Supr...

DATE: Nov 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawmakers want Arizona picked for Space Command headquarters

PHOENIX – Members of Arizona’s congressional delegation are advocating for the state to be selected as the location of the permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command. The of...

DATE: Nov 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis outlines hospital response as coronavirus surges

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis outlined a plan Friday to organize hospitals’ response to the coronavirus. But he shied away from issuing a statewide stay-at-home order as cases have surg...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado, ACLU reach deal to protect inmates from virus

DENVER – The state corrections department would hire a consultant to help it identify and protect medically vulnerable inmates from the coronavirus under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit b...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. governor hopes ‘pause’ will blunt virus surge

People asked to stay home for 2 weeks; businesses close

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Surging pandemic upends preparations for legislative session

SANTA FE – State lawmakers are sparring over whether to delay a legislative session that traditionally starts in mid-January, potentially deferring Democratic initiatives on cannabis, aborti...

DATE: Nov 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 143 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

The Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 143 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, but no additional deaths. The latest ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News