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Aspen joins several Colorado communities requiring masks

DENVER – Aspen has joined a few other Colorado communities in mandating that people wear masks in public. On Monday, Aspen City Council approved a public health order that require...

Plaintiffs say education-funding lawsuit in N.M. is still necessary

SANTA FE – Civil rights attorneys behind a long-running lawsuit alleging inadequate funding for public education are asking a judge to disregard recent efforts by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham...

City workers in New Mexico capital brace for furloughs

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s capital city is weighing a series of cost-cutting measures to address a budget deficit as tax revenue and other income take a dive amid the economic shock wave that h...

Polis: If Coloradans don’t take measures seriously, stay-at-home order may return

Several businesses, with social distancing precautions, to reopen over the next week

COVID diaries Colorado: A day in the coronavirus pandemic

A teacher greets her students. A firefighter reports for duty. New parents take their baby home from the hospital. These are routine moments in the lives of Coloradans. But the co...

Peach freeze prompts Colorado governor to declare emergency

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado’s governor announced he is seeking federal aid for farmers affected by a freeze that wiped out significant portions of the state’s peach crop. Democratic...

Habitat safeguard for snakes in Arizona, New Mexico proposed

TUCSON, Ariz. – Conservationists are having a mixed reaction to a proposal from federal wildlife officials to protect critical habitats of endangered garter snakes in Arizona and New Mexico....

New Mexico mayor urges businesses to reopen as cases rise

GRANTS, N.M. – The mayor of a small New Mexico city and several dozen supporters rallied Monday as he encouraged business owners to defy a lockdown order by the governor that shuttered nones...

Navajo Nation records 1,637 coronavirus cases, 59 deaths, as of Saturday

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has 97 new cases of coronavirus and another death, according to health officials. The Navajo Department of Health said there are 1,637 known...

Polis issues order providing details on new ‘safer-at-home’ phase

Directive revealed about six hours before statewide ‘stay-at-home’ order expired

Suburban Denver Walmart shuttered after 3 coronavirus deaths

DENVER – Health officials have ordered the closure of a Walmart in suburban Denver as three people connected to the store died after being infected with the coronavirus and at least six empl...

Native American leader discourages nearby city reopening

SANTA FE – The Native American community at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico pushed back Friday against plans by the mayor of a nearby city to allow the reopening of nonessential businesses in def...