The Associated Press

Colorado mandates vaccine for health care workers by Oct. 31

DENVER – Health care workers at facilities including assisted living homes, nursing homes and hospitals in Colorado must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October under a temporar...

Woman who hid 26 kids behind false wall at day care guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman charged with hiding 26 children behind a false wall at her day care center was found guilty of child abuse and other charges Thursday. Carla Faith was co...

Live round found next to bed of Colorado woman presumed dead

SALIDA – An unused .22-caliber round was found next to the bed of a Colorado woman who disappeared last year and whose husband is charged with killing her, and a tranquilizer gun and accesso...

U.S. authorities warn against flying drones over national lab in New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – Drone pilots beware. Authorities at one of the nation’s top nuclear weapons laboratories issued a warning Monday that airspace over Los Alamos National Laboratory is off l...

Navajo Nation issues vaccine mandate for tribal workers

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – All Navajo Nation executive branch employees will need to be fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 by the end of September or be required to submit to...

New Mexico farmers along Rio Grande face early water cutoff

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of farmers along central New Mexico's stretch of the Rio Grande face a second straight year of having their irrigation supplies cut off early.

Colorado U.S. Sen. Hickenlooper tests positive for COVID-19

DENVER – Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he has tested positive for a “breakthrough” case of COVID-19. The first-term Democrat issued a statement saying he teste...

New Mexico braces for end of federal unemployment bonuses

SANTA FE – State labor and workforce training officials are bracing for the end of a $300 weekly federal bonus in unemployment benefits that also bolstered income for the self-employed and ...

West Nile virus detected in Bernalillo County mosquitoes

ALBUQUERQUE – Health officials in New Mexico’s most populated area are warning residents to take precautions against mosquito bites. They announced Monday that mosquitoes carrying West Nil...

San Juan County detention officer charged with sexual contact with inmate

FARMINGTON – A detention officer at the jail in San Juan County has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of having sexual contact with an inmate and with bringing contraband into t...

New Mexico officials urge employers to require vaccinations

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor and dozens of other elected officials are urging the state’s business community to require that employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or altern...

Albuquerque matches record number of homicides this year

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — With more than four months remaining, Albuquerque has already matched a record number of homicides this year within the city limits.