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Colorado prison population fell in 2020, increase expected

DENVER – Colorado has significantly lowered its state prison population in the past year, but analysts expect the number of inmates will increase again. The state said the inmat...

Virus relief fund taken offline after raising $23 million

DENVER – A statewide relief fund for those in need because of the coronavirus pandemic has been taken offline after raising nearly $23 million since March. The Colorado COVID Reli...

230K New Mexicans sign up on state vaccine registration site

SANTA FE – More than 230,000 New Mexicans have signed up since the state launched its vaccination registration website two weeks ago, state health officials said Monday. The New M...

Graffiti-damaged pandemic mural spurs Santa Fe conversation

SANTA FE – Two Santa Fe art groups say they’ll complete and debut a mural designed to bring people together during the pandemic, despite graffiti damage found on it just before Christmas. ...

USPS reports spate of armed mail thefts in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, – A postal official says authorities in New Mexico are investigating a spate of unusual armed mail robberies in recent months in the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas, an official ...

Date unknown for reopening Colorado lake closed by wildfire

GRAND JUNCTION – Colorado officials are uncertain when public access will be restored to a popular lake area that was closed after a wildfire struck last year. The Daily Sentin...

Two Pueblo County deputies injured in standoff with suspect

PUEBLO – The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said two deputies were shot and injured during a standoff Friday in Pueblo West. The suspect is now in custody. Officials said deputies...

Colorado state parks report high visitation rates in 2020

COLORADO SPRINGS – Despite some closures because of the pandemic and price increases, Colorado state parks recorded a nearly 23% increase in visitors in 2020, with some data from November an...

Navajo Nation reports 266 additional virus cases, seven deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has reported 266 additional known cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths. The figures reported late Friday increased the tribe’s totals sin...

National Weather Service: Dryness defined 2020 in Southwest

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. –National Weather Service forecasters say they’re still looking at the data for 2020 but that it’s clear that there was record or near-record dryness in much of the Southwes...

Talk show host Larry King in hospital with COVID-19

LOS ANGELES – Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday. Citing an unidentified person clos...

Another set of human remains found in rural Colorado identified

CONEJOS – Authorities have identified a second set of human remains found near a rural town in southern Colorado. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says a forensic odontologist...