Regional News

New Mexico judge delays trial over jury pool’s racial makeup

Maury Elliot, 25, is accused of raping two teenage girls and a woman in separate attacks between October 2019 and…

March 30, 2021

Navajo Nation: No COVID-19 deaths for 2nd consecutive day

Tribal health officials said the latest figures bring the total number of cases since the pandemic started to 30,064. The…

Santa Fe officials plan for new mural amid monument debate

While the city attempts to move forward on the “Culture Connects” public art project, it’s also in the early stages…

Native American health clinics offering vaccine to visitors

Raymond Clark sits outside his home in Teesto, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Teesto workers,…

New Mexico police: 2 teens not abducted but still missing

New Mexico State Police said Monday they no longer believe the girls were abducted. They issued a revised Amber Alert…

Arizona declares state holiday to honor Native code talkers

Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday to honor Native Americans who used their language to transmit coded messages during…

Colorado serviceman recounts 341 days at sea during pandemic

But, they never left the aircraft carrier because the COVID-19 pandemic was wreaking havoc across the globe. “We were deployed…

All Colorado residents eligible for COVID vaccines on Friday

Colorado residents over age 16 will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Monday.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald…

Body found after house fire in northern Colorado

The Coloradoan reports firefighters were called to the home in Old Town Fort Collins on Sunday night. Annie Bierbower, a…

Off-duty Las Cruces firefighter gets bee swarm to buzz off

City of Las Cruces spokesman Dan Trujillo says the incident occurred Sunday shortly after 4 p.m. outside an Albertsons supermarket.…

Colorado to scale back its school standardized testing

The federal government has approved a request from Colorado that allows students in fourth, sixth or eighth grades to take…

New Mexico eases vaccination process for older residents

The state Health Department announced Monday that people in that age group will no longer need event codes in order…

Funeral Mass celebrated Monday for slain Boulder officer

The draped casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, was flanked by six candles during a traditional Latin Mass…

Navajo Nation extends, loosens its health order on COVDI-19

Under the latest “safer at home” order issued Friday, the daily curfew hours are 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. MDT…

New Mexico reports 185 additional COVID-19 cases, two deaths

The state’s pandemic totals rose to 190,887 cases and 3,925 deaths as seven-day rolling averages of daily new cases and…

Judge tosses New Mexico rancher’s claim after he kills wolf

Craig Thiessen killed an endangered Mexican wolf in Gila National Forest six years ago and has since argued that he…

GOP picks Mark Moores to run for U.S. House seat Haaland held

A cadre of New Mexico state Republican Party leaders on Saturday chose state Sen. Mark Moores to run for the…

New Mexico plans to close women’s prison in rural community

Timing and other details regarding the closure of the Springer Correctional Center in Springer remain to be determined, officials said…

Marijuana takes center stage in New Mexico special session

Korbin Osborn, left, works as a cannabis adviser at a medical marijuana dispensary in 2019 in Santa Fe. New Mexico…

GOP eyes Albuquerque congressional seat held by Haaland

Members of the Republican Party central committee who live in the 1st Congressional District were scheduled to vote on a…

Man held in New Jersey killing charged in New Mexico deaths

An arrest warrant affidavit for Sean Lannon, 47, details the gruesome weeks that came after the January shooting death of…

March 26, 2021

Navajo Nation confirms nine new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

The latest numbers released Friday, including two additional deaths, raises the tribe’s numbers to 30,040 cases and 1,245 known deaths…

March 26, 2021