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Colorado commission votes to recommend Front Range route

The vote on Friday also signed off on a proposed coordination agreement with the Regional Transportation District and the Colorado…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Colorado police officer accused of hurting woman’s arm: ‘Ready for the pop?’

Karen Garner is suing Loveland and three of its police officers over her arrest in June 2020. According to her…

April 26, 2021 • Colleen Slevin

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Warm, windy conditions elevate fire danger in New Mexico

Smoke billowed Monday afternoon on the backside of the White Mountains in an area between the rural communities of Tularosa…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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New Mexico among slowest growing Western states

The Census Bureau said that overall, the national growth rate of 7.4% between 2010 and 2020 was the second slowest…

April 26, 2021 • SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN

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N.M. high court: Some defendants must be released pending appeal

The ruling was prompted by deliberations over the incarceration of two women as they awaited an appeal on charges of…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Navajo Nation reports 26 new COVID-19 cases, 10 more deaths

Tribal health officials released figures combining new cases found on Saturday and Sunday. This brings the total number of virus-related…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Ranch becomes haven for queer people in rural Colorado

Outside in the deep dark of Colorado’s Wet Mountain Valley, the people who live at the ranch prepared to defend…

April 26, 2021 • ELISE SCHMELZER

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe to sell properties for settlements

The archdiocese, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018, plans to part with more than 700 properties, the Santa…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Bernalillo County jail health care provider ends contract

The Albuquerque Journal reported Monday that Centurion Detention Health Services abruptly notified the county it will end its service in…

April 26, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Colorado will gain 8th U.S. House seat based on census

State’s population expands nearly 15% in decade

April 26, 2021 • JAMES ANDERSON

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Will opponents to gray wolf reintroduction largely end up paying for program?

Current funding plan relies on license fees paid by hunters and anglers

April 26, 2021 • Thy Vo

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‘Matriarch’ of Colorado outdoor volunteerism stepping down

Baker Easley has served nearly 40 years growing a network of volunteers

April 25, 2021 • JASON BLEVINS

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Colorado health leaders OK use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

“We are happy to have this highly effective, one-dose vaccine back as an option for Coloradans,” Dr. Eric France with…

April 24, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Police arrest parents of baby with brain damage in Colorado

The Evans Police Department said Cheyanne Villa, 27, of Greeley, and Raphael Engwongwo, 23, of Evans, were arrested on Wednesday,…

April 24, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Students, faculty back at college after wildfire evacuation

There was no formal evacuation order but United World College USA officials decided Friday to evacuate the campus as a…

April 24, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Report: Drought leaves New Mexico trees weak and dying

The 2020 state report on New Mexico’s forest health looked at how extensively pests killed and damaged trees on national,…

April 24, 2021 • SCOTT WYLAND

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One gorilla departs Albuquerque zoo, another arrives

A 35-year-old gorilla named Marcus left the Albuquerque BioPark in March to go another accredited zoo and 19-year-old Kojo arrived…

April 24, 2021 • The Associated Press

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State pays $200,000 to inmate injured in 2017 prison riot

Settlement documents posted on a state clearinghouse website this week show that Samuel A. Sanchez has been awarded $200,000 to…

April 23, 2021 • MORGAN LEE

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Employee of defense contractor faces charges in Capitol riot

Authorities say Matthew Martin, who holds a security clearance, told the FBI in an interview that he had gone to…

April 23, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Jill Biden visits tribal school still teaching remotely

Navajo Nation Council Member Eugenia Charles Newton helps first lady Jill Biden cover up with a Navajo Pendleton blanket during…

April 23, 2021 • Felicia Fonseca

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Colorado man charged in connection with Capitol riot

According to an arrest affidavit, investigators identified Jacob Clark of the small southern city of Trinidad as being at the…

April 23, 2021 • The Associated Press

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At least half of New Mexico’s students choose in-person classes

About 160,500 children were recorded as attending school in person, or about half of the state’s total K-12 enrollment, according…

April 23, 2021 • CEDAR ATTANASIO

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New Mexico expands child-wellness campus in Albuquerque

The General Services Department announced Thursday that 160 workers with the Children, Youth and Families Department recently moved into the…

April 23, 2021 • The Associated Press

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Colorado schools, nursing homes drive virus outbreak rise

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said there were 722 active COVID-19 outbreaks as of Wednesday, The Denver…

April 22, 2021 • The Associated Press