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Security firm reaches settlement; Denver rejects contract

DENVER – A private security company has settled a lawsuit with a Denver artist who was assaulted by one of the company’s guards while waiting for a train at Union Station in April 2018. ...

Republican lawsuit alleges problems with absentee balloting in N.M.

SANTA FE, N.M. – The Republican Party says its election poll challengers in New Mexico are unfairly being denied oversight of the initial verification process for absentee ballots, in a laws...

New Mexico blasted by snow, wind and freezing temperatures

ALBUQUERQUE – Blowing snow and slick roads were creating hazardous travel conditions Monday for northern and central New Mexico, as officials warned residents and travelers that the worst wa...

Denver high school drops Confederate mascot in favor of bird

DENVER – A Colorado high school adopted a new mascot to replace the previous emblem recalling a symbol of the Confederacy. Denver South High School announced Friday it is now the ...

Crews assess damages for Colorado’s second-largest wildfire

DENVER – Wildfire damage assessment was expected to begin Monday for the towns and cities affected by Colorado’s second-largest recorded wildfire which caused evacuations and closed Rocky Mo...

New Mexico officials issue warning about hospital capacity

ALBUQUERQUE – If COVID-19 continues to spread in New Mexico like it has in recent weeks, officials with three of the largest health care systems in the state warned Monday that hospitals and...

Navajo Nation: No new COVID-19 deaths for 7th day in a row

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Monday reported 63 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, but no additional deaths for the seventh consecutive day. The latest fig...

Colorado governor will not quarantine after OK by agency

DENVER – A health agency told Colorado Gov. Jared Polis that he does not need to quarantine himself after meeting with Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, who has tested positive for the coronavirus,...

New Mexico sets new records on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported record numbers of additional COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, breaking daily records set in recent days as the state’s coronavirus outbreak con...

New Mexico DA gets grant for prosecutor to target gun crimes

ALBUQUERQUE – The federal government is providing a $278,000 grant to a New Mexico district attorney’s office to hire a full-time local prosecutor to try firearms cases in federal court. ...

Thousands forced to flee Colorado’s second-largest wildfire

DENVER – A mandatory evacuation order has sent thousands of people fleeing from their homes near Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado as wildfire officials on Saturday brace for...

Lawyer: Allegations against former police spokesman ‘false’

ALBUQUERQUE – A lawyer for a now-former Albuquerque police officer denies allegations that his client wrongly collected thousands of dollars of overtime pay while serving as the department’s...