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Navajo Nation reports 47 more virus cases, no new deaths

The latest positive cases of COVID-19 on the sprawling reservation bring the total number to 8,290. The death toll remains…

July 14, 2020

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New Mexico COVID-19 death toll tops 550

The latest figures show Bernalillo County, which includes the state’s most populous metro area, added another 65 confirmed cases. Health…

July 14, 2020

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New Mexico Supreme Court limits shielding of police records

The court’s unanimous decision came in a case involving a records request by the brother of James Boyd, who was…

July 14, 2020

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Study points to smaller effects of wildfire smoke on warming

The researchers in a paper released in a scientific journal last week reported that as the plume mixes with clean…

July 14, 2020

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New Mexico judge delays trial over attorney’s virus exposure

District Judge Maria Sanchez-Gagne called a mistrial Monday after learning of the contact involving the attorney for defendant Mark Hice,…

July 14, 2020

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Colorado town running on generator after lightning strike

Oak Creek Town Administrator Chris Johnson said the community began work to replace the transformer after the lightning strike Friday,…

July 14, 2020

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Troubled New Mexico hospital near Navajo Nation eyes regroup

The incoming leadership team at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup is promising transparency after years of alleged mismanagement and…

July 14, 2020

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Cooler weather could help crews fight fire west of Denver

The Elephant Butte Fire started Monday afternoon and is burning in rugged and steep terrain west of Evergreen. No structures…

July 14, 2020

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Pilot successfully ejects when F-16 crashes while landing

A board of officers will investigate the crash that occurred Monday evening, officials said in a brief statement. The pilot’s…

July 14, 2020

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New Mexico man facing new charge related to protest melee

New Mexico prosecutors on Monday amended the complaint against Steven Ray Baca, who they say opened fire after a fight…

July 14, 2020

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Wildfire forces hundreds of evacuations west of Denver

The fire started Monday afternoon and is burning in rugged and steep terrain west of Evergreen. No structures have burned,…

July 13, 2020

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Colorado man hit with Taser in daughter’s hospital room sues

According to the lawsuit, C.J. Andersen’s 19-month-old daughter was taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs in April 2019 after…

July 13, 2020

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Man drowns after falling from boat in Lake Pueblo

KOAA-TV reports 68-year-old Robert Charles Taylor fell into the water Monday morning, and people passing by on a pontoon boat…

July 13, 2020

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Opposition to imported Estonian uranium grows in Four Corners

Navajos and San Juan County, Utah, object

July 13, 2020

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Freedom Conference moves 2020 location to Beaver Creek

The event will move to Beaver Creek, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reported. The 12th annual conference is scheduled Aug.…

July 13, 2020

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Denver area to casts votes to rename neighborhood with KKK ties

The available options are detailed on the site run by the neighborhood organization, Stapleton United Neighbors. The neighborhood was named…

July 13, 2020

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Bear that attacked woman near Colorado Springs euthanized

The Gazette reported the woman, whose name and age have not been released, encountered the bear as she was walking…

July 13, 2020

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New Mexico restaurants bristle at rolling back indoor dining

The owners say they’ve gone to great lengths to make their establishments safe and that the governor has offered no…

July 13, 2020

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Proposals could bring trains to Colorado’s Tennessee Pass

That could change as interest in the dormant Tennessee Pass Line between Cañon City and Dotsero grows. A fledgling railway…

July 13, 2020

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New Mexico reports 262 more COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths

That increased the statewide death toll to 545 and the confirmed cases total to 15,028. The New Mexico Department of…

July 13, 2020

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Police: Suspect killed after firing at officers in Monument

The shooting happened after Colorado State Patrol troopers tried to stop the person on southbound Interstate 25 in response to…

July 13, 2020

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No additional virus deaths reported Monday on Navajo Nation

There have been more than 8,200 cases and 401 deaths reported on the reservation since the pandemic began. Tribal officials…

July 13, 2020

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Navajo Nation reports 10 additional deaths from COVID-19

Tribal officials reported 56 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases that increased the total to nearly 8,100. The death toll rose to…

July 11, 2020

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Church asks Utah Mormons to wear face coverings in public

The Deseret News reports that the Utah Area Presidency sent out the request in an email on Friday evening. The…

July 11, 2020