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Utah to ‘pause’ on lifting virus restrictions as cases rise

JBS workers protest Tuesday in Logan, Utah. Hundreds of workers at the meatpacking plant in Hyrum, Utah, have tested positive…

June 12, 2020

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Denver school board votes to remove officers from schools

The school board voted unanimously Thursday night in favor of a resolution that requires the number of school resource officers…

June 12, 2020

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Activists take aim at conquistador statues in New Mexico

A damaged Christopher Columbus statue stands in a waterfront park near the city’s traditionally Italian North End neighborhood in Boston…

June 12, 2020

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Colorado sheriff says protests are political, not about race

“This nonsense our country is experiencing has nothing to do with race,” wrote Routt County Sheriff Garrett Wiggins, who is…

June 12, 2020

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Many cannabis users believe driving under influence is safe

The Colorado Department of Transportation conducted the survey of 18,000 residents from 2017 to 2019, The Denver Post reported Wednesday.…

June 12, 2020

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Colorado governor opposes tax changes rushed by Democrats

But Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday he sees no way for the bill, in its current form, to become law.…

June 11, 2020

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Navajo residents urged to stay the course, keep curve flat

The death toll is approaching 300 and reservation-wide cases totaled 6,275 as of Wednesday. Tribal officials also said preliminary reports…

June 11, 2020

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Woman, boy dead in house fire near Buena Vista

A man and girl managed to escape the fire, reported at around 1:30 a.m., in the home about a mile…

June 11, 2020

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Gambian man charged in Colorado with torturing 2006 coup planners

Michael Sang Correa, 41, was charged under a U.S. law that’s been used only twice before allowing noncitizens who are…

June 11, 2020

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Report: Bullet that killed woman fired from airman’s rifle

Goochdu1-i-syn Mark Gooch has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in the death of Sasha Krause, a…

June 11, 2020

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Census workers to resume delivering packets to Navajo homes

The tribe’s legislative branch said the work to deliver paper packets to more than 70,000 homes begins Thursday. The operation…

June 11, 2020

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Cortez Rec Center reopens Monday with some restrictions

parts of facility will remain closed

June 10, 2020

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SWOS students set commencement for July 31 in Cortez

of ’20 wanted in-person ceremony

June 10, 2020

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No charges for corrections investigator in fatal shooting

In a statement, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said she did not believe there was enough evidence to convict Desmond…

June 10, 2020

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Head of New Mexico’s African American Affairs office resigns

Executive Director William Scott Carreathers didn’t provide a reason for his immediate resignation when making the announcement in a letter…

June 10, 2020

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Agency to provide COVID-19 tests at offices for food workers

The Department of Health says the testing time slots from 8 to 11 a.m. each Monday will be for people…

June 10, 2020

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Colorado fire chief out after vowing to spray protesters

Lyons Fire Chief JJ Hoffman resigned Tuesday after the NAACP launched an investigation about the comment he made last month.…

June 10, 2020

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Man dead, officer wounded in shooting in suburban Denver

Someone reported a domestic violence incident involving a gun just before 9 p.m. in Englewood, and the suspect was found…

June 10, 2020

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New Mexico AG calls for uniform use of force policies

Balderas said state lawmakers should create uniform use of force policies that would be codified within state law to require…

June 9, 2020

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Chief justice of New Mexico Supreme Court set to retire

Judith Nakamura will leave the bench July 31, after serving on the high court since December 2015. She previously served…

June 9, 2020

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Wildfire closes 39-mile stretch of highway in rural Arizona

Travelers can get around the closure of U.S. 191 between Morenci and Hannagan Meadow by detouring on U.S. 180 and…

June 9, 2020

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Colorado House advances bill to boost child vaccinations

Efforts in past sessions to adopt new opt-out requirements have generated intensely vocal opposition from parents and anti-vaccination advocacy groups,…

June 9, 2020

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Former Albuquerque detectives file whisteblower lawsuit

Former Albuquerque Police Department detectives Mandi Abernathy, Sally Dyer and Teresa Romero filed the lawsuit in 2nd Judicial District Court…

June 9, 2020

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Financial crisis looms over New Mexico cities, counties

New Mexico state Sens. Bobby Gonzaels, D-Taos, and John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, listen to a presentation by Public Education Secretary…

June 9, 2020