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New Mexico blocks roads into Gallup as virus cases surge

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham invoked the state’s Riot Control Act on Friday as she sealed off all roads…

May 1, 2020

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Colorado EMT’s death will be honored forever, says NYC mayor

De Blasio said at his daily news briefing that he learned of Paul Cary’s death the previous day, and “it…

May 1, 2020

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Special prosecutor takes case of suspected drunk sheriff

The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office named this week Andrea Reeb, the district attorney in the 9th Judicial District in…

May 1, 2020

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Hair cuts, in person shopping allowed in much of Colorado

However, stay-at-home orders remained in place for much of the Denver area, with only essential businesses like grocery, liquor and…

May 1, 2020

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New Mexico workers told no jobless benefits if called back

The state Department of Workforce Solutions Secretary Bill McCamley said furloughed employees who are called back by their employers must…

May 1, 2020

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Polis slashes state spending, outlaws evictions and keeps ski areas closed

Governor says he doesn’t have money ‘to carry on the functions of the state government’

May 1, 2020

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Navajo Nation special session canceled because of virus concern

Council Speaker Seth Damon announced Thursday night that the move was made “out of an abundance of caution” because of…

April 30, 2020

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Navajo death row inmate loses appeal to probe racial bias

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision by a federal court in Arizona that Lezmond Mitchell had…

April 30, 2020

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Woman dies after falling into lake at Colorado state park

The Pueblo Chieftain reports 65-year-old Mary Kay Hatheway was unconscious and not breathing when she was pulled from chest-deep water…

April 30, 2020

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Unemployment applications rise as gig workers get to file

Last week, 79,290 people, just over half of them gig and self-employed workers, filed initial unemployment claims, the Colorado Department…

April 30, 2020

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Scientists examine hurdles to U.S. plutonium disposal plan

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Thursday released its final report on the plan, which would cost…

April 30, 2020

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Partial reopening begins for offices, businesses in Montezuma County

precautions put in place, retail sales resume

April 30, 2020

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More than 79,000 file for unemployment benefits in Colorado

The number of initial filings last week was up over the 67,334 applications filed during the week that ended April…

April 30, 2020

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Police: Driver leads officers on chase riding Bobcat tractor

KRQE-TV reports Santa Fe police pursued the alleged Bobcat bandit during an evening 5-mile-an-hour quest through town earlier this month.…

April 29, 2020

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Complaint: New Mexico woman released police dogs from cages

A criminal complaint says Veronica Center was arrested Sunday after an officer hearing his police dogs barking at each other.…

April 29, 2020

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Navajo Nation continues weekend lockdown because of coronavirus

The lockdown is the fourth the tribe has implemented. It comes around the first of the month when tribal members…

April 29, 2020

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Colorado’s largest prison has state’s biggest outbreak

Data updated weekly by the state health department show that 241 inmates and 11 staff members have been confirmed to…

April 29, 2020

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Colorado hopes to test anyone with coronavirus symptoms by May 15

lab has already sent supplies to support 42 community testing sites

April 29, 2020

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Skier presumed dead after avalanche near Crested Butte

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center confirmed four people were skiing Tuesday on Mount Emmons, a very steep slope northwest of…

April 29, 2020

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Agency wants $8K reimbursement from lawmaker, ex-leader

The Regional Coalition of Los Alamos National Laboratory Communities wants state Rep. Andrea Romero, D-Santa Fe, to pay back the…

April 29, 2020

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Resolution proposed in fake Indian art prosecution

A video of the court hearing on the agreement was scheduled Wednesday from U.S. District Court in Albuquerque that may…

April 29, 2020

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Deputies: New Mexico man attacked woman, family with machete

The Las Cruces Suns-News reports Zachary Tanner Cadena was arrested Friday in Las Cruces after a fight with the woman…

April 29, 2020

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New Mexico finance secretary resigns as budget crisis builds

Olivia Padilla-Jackson, New Mexico’s secretary-designate for the Department of Finance and Administration Department, takes questions during a news conference in…

April 29, 2020

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Body found after house fire doused in southern Colorado

Police and firefighters were called to the abandoned home in Pueblo early Tuesday morning and quickly put out the fire.…

April 29, 2020