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Pumping aims to boost Pecos River amid drought losses

CARLSBAD, N.M. – New Mexico water managers are pumping water from state reservoirs into the Pecos River to account for losses during a devastating drought. The move was meant to a...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Audit: Money stolen from New Mexico inmates’ accounts

ALBUQUERQUE – An independent audit has found that more than $15,000 was stolen from inmates’ accounts at the Bernalillo County jail over a four-year period. The forensic audit rec...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former Tuskegee Airman Frank Mason dies at 97

COLORADO SPRINGS – One of only two original, remaining Tuskegee Airmen in Colorado has died. Frank Macon died Sunday night at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 97. A...

DATE: Nov 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

121 cases, seven deaths added to COVID-19 tallies for Navajo Nation

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has reported an additional 121 known COVID-19 cases and seven more deaths, increasing its totals to 15,374 cases and 638 deaths. The number ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico to boost COVID-19 testing with saliva samples

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Health Department said Monday it hopes to expand testing capacity by offering a saliva test. The method involves swabbing the mouth to collect a sal...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico reports 2,468 new COVID-19 cases, 33 more deaths

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 2,468 new COVID-19 cases and 33 additional deaths. That increases the state’s totals to 81,896 cases and 1,383 known d...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico opens alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients

ALBUQUERQUE – With New Mexico hospitals facing a capacity crunch because of the coronavirus outbreak, the state on Friday opened an alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients in a renovat...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo Nation reports 167 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Thursday reported 167 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five additional deaths. The latest figures bring the total numbe...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Air ambulance firm settles federal safety claims lawsuit

DENVER – The nation’s largest air ambulance company has agreed to pay $825,000 to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the Colorado-based firm operated a helicopter with defective safety equipmen...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Satellite or weather balloon crashes in eastern Arizona

PHOENIX – Navajo Nation officials in eastern Arizona are trying to determine if a satellite or a high-altitude weather balloon crash-landed in a remote area of the reservation. Tu...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico ski resorts will delay opening amid pandemic

SANTA FE – Multiple ski resorts in New Mexico have delayed their scheduled openings this month in response to state-mandated COVID-19 lockdown orders that went into effect Monday. ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ski areas in ‘Level Red’ counties can remain open under new coronavirus restrictions

DENVER – Ski areas in Colorado counties that are listed at Level Red, or “severe risk,” will be allowed to keep their lifts turning when new restrictions take effect Friday, according to sta...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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