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Santa Fe schools end in-person learning experiment

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Public Schools is ending a short-lived soft opening of in-person learning as the coronavirus pandemic hobbles the state. “I am announcing today a hiatus of our...

Colorado jail virus outbreak infects 859 inmates, 66 workers

COLORADO SPRINGS – The El Paso County jail in Colorado has reported 859 of the 1,246 inmates in custody Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 along with 66 employees, authorities said. ...

Colorado brewer dies after falling while rock climbing

DENVER – An accomplished Colorado brewer has died after falling more than 500 feet while climbing some of the state’s most well-known mountains, authorities said. Jason Buehler, 4...

Albuquerque police: Worker shot trying to detain shoplifter

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police say a department store loss prevention officer was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot while attempting to detain a suspected shoplifter. ...

Colorado forests closed by wildfire threat set to reopen

DENVER – Two of Colorado’s most popular national forests are set to reopen to the public after a 19-day closure because of wildfire threats. Parts of the Arapaho and Roosevelt nat...

3.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Colorado-Utah border

Nearby salinity-control injection well is suspected cause

Polis extends Colorado’s mask mandate amid hospitalization increase

DENVER – With Colorado experiencing its highest rate of coronavirus hospitalizations, Gov. Jared Polis extended a statewide mask mandate Monday for another 30 days and said state employees w...

Man accused of driving into Denver police pleads not guilty

DENVER – A man accused of intentionally swerving his car toward police and hitting three officers during a protest over racial injustice and police brutality pleaded not guilty on Monday. ...

Isolation takes toll on Alzheimer’s patients amid pandemic

DENVER (AP) – Bart Bartholomew noticed the changes in his wife soon after the coronavirus pandemic began. One day, Dot, who was diagnosed with dementia more than a decade ago, sto...

New Mexico hospitals seeing strain as COVID-19 cases climb

ALBUQUERQUE – Top medical officers for some of New Mexico’s largest hospital systems said Monday they are now at or above normal capacity as the coronavirus pandemic surges across the state....

Search warrants served on Navajo Nation amid hemp crackdown

SHIPROCK, N.M. – A team of federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers on Monday served search warrants on the Navajo Nation near Shiprock, where the tribe has been cracking do...

County elects New Mexico’s first Black district attorney

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Voters in Dona Ana County have elected the first Black district attorney in New Mexico after he ran unopposed, officials said. The Las Cruces Sun-News report...