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Study finds third of un-vaxxed New Mexicans don’t want doses

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has helped lead a national study of hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, which found it prevalent in its own state. The school announced Wednes...

DATE: Jun 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado governor signs 3 gun bills into law

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Saturday signed three of six gun bills passed in the latest legislative session into law. The Denver Post reported the bills were all announced ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Search underway for missing kayaker in western Colorado

ASPEN – A search is underway for a kayaker who got caught in a treacherous section of the Crystal River in western Colorado. The Aspen Times reports the man, a member of Mountain Resc...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado health care, prescription drug bills are now laws

DENVER – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed into law legislation requiring insurers to offer a standard state-supervised health plan to people and small business. The law also pro...

DATE: Jun 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs rules for community solar program

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico utility regulators have nearly a year to create a new set of rules for governing community solar projects in the state, but utilities say they’re already being flood...

DATE: Jun 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado man dies after falling into river at Grand Canyon

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. – A Colorado man has died after falling into the Colorado River while boating in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said Tuesday. Park officials said t...

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis: No to GOP delegation request to end jobless benefit

DENVER – Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has rejected a request by Colorado's Republican congressional delegation to stop paying jobless residents $300 extra a week in federal pandemic relief. T...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Military veteran runs for New Mexico governor as Republican

SANTA FE – Investment adviser and West Point graduate Greg Zanetti of Albuquerque says he’ll seek the Republican nomination for governor of New Mexico in next year’s election. In a news rele...

DATE: Jun 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Minnesota woman killed after hitting elk in Colorado

CASTLE PINES – A Minnesota woman is dead after she hit a elk in Colorado. KCNC-TV reported that 18-year-old Kendra Durnan of Buffalo was traveling south on Interstate 25 near Castle Pi...

DATE: Jun 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jemez-area ranch purchase to expand Santa Fe National Forest

The federal government plans to purchase a private ranch in the Jemez River Valley to expand the Santa Fe National Forest in northern New Mexico. Acquisition of the 3.1 square miles will pro...

DATE: Jun 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Demand rises for New Mexico pandemic small business loans

SANTA FE – New Mexico state finance authorities have said that demand appears to be building for minimum-interest loans aimed at helping small businesses that lost income or experienced majo...

DATE: Jun 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado deaths surged in 2020 because of COVID-19, other causes

DENVER – Almost 9,000 more people than usual died in Colorado in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and other causes. COVID-19 either directly caused or was a contributing factor in 4,90...

DATE: May 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News