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Colorado announces COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

DENVER – Colorado on Friday released its distribution plan for an approved coronavirus vaccine when it becomes publicly available as the state faced a deadline to submit it to the U.S. Cente...

Navajo Nation lowering flags to honor late tribal president

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – All flags on the Navajo Nation will be flown at half-staff through Monday in honor of former tribal President Thomas Atcitty. The 86-year-old Atcitty died Sun...

Three nursing home workers charged after 90-year-old found dead

COLORADO SPRINGS – Three employees at a Colorado nursing home have been charged after a 90-year-old woman was found dead on a bench in below-freezing temperatures earlier this year, police s...

Denver DA: TV security guard will be charged with murder

DENVER – A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator after opposing rallies will be charged with second-degree murder, Denver’s District Attorne...

Court rejects bid to extend vote counting on Navajo Nation

PHOENIX – A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to give an extra 10 days after Election Day to count ballots mailed by Navajo Nation members living on the Arizona portion of the tribe’s...

Colorado schools, prisons among active COVID-19 outbreaks

DENVER – Health officials in Colorado have reported a record-breaking 274 active coronavirus outbreaks this week at schools, restaurants, churches and other facilities across the state. ...

Navajo Nation reports 40 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials are reporting 40 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no deaths. The figures released Wednesday night bring the total number o...

Man described as neo-Nazi pleads guilty in synagogue plot

DENVER – A man described by U.S. prosecutors as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a hate crime for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year. ...

Governor’s chief of staff on leave to aid Biden transition team

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s chief of staff John Bingaman has taken a leave of absence to help with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s transition team. ...

Winds push Colorado wildfire to largest in state history

FORT COLLINS – One of two Rocky Mountain wildfires fanned by strong winds has become the largest in Colorado history. Firefighters expected windy weather to continue into the week...

Judge won’t force New Mexico to send children back to school

SANTA FE – New Mexico health and school officials can continue to restrict in-person learning for the vast majority of young children based on countywide coronavirus outbreaks after a federa...

Close congressional race in southern New Mexico draws eyes

RUIDOSO, N.M. – Pockets in the Sierra Blanca mountain range are packed with tourists searching for an outdoor getaway of fishing, hunting and eventually skiing. But this year, the pandemic a...