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New Mexico State Police to conduct sobriety checkpoints in January

New Mexico State Police plans to conduct sobriety checks points and saturation patrols, as well as registration, insurance and driver’s license checks during January throughout the state. ...

DATE: Jan 03, 2021 CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado’s hourly rate jumps to $12.32 an hour

A new minimum wage increase will take effect in Colorado on New Year’s Day, bringing wages to $12.32 an hour, or $9.30 for tipped workers. The 2.7% statewide increase is based on language ...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

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 tried to ...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

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 and December...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

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 since the pan...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

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 Southwest last yea...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

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 close to the f...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

John Porter leaves a legacy of water storage, McPhee Reservoir in Southwest Colorado

Legendary water manager John Porter, who died this week in Cortez, leaves a legacy as the champion of McPhee Reservoir who laid an enduring foundation for water storage and agriculture in Montezuma an...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

Surprising and subtle effects of COVID-19

I was watching “The Crown” the other evening and for a split second thought, “Nobody’s wearing masks, and they’re all gathering too closely together!” It startled me that I’m so used to living in the ...

DATE: Jan 02, 2021 CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Stolen car found engulfed in flames south of Cortez

Fire crews and law enforcement responded to a mysterious car fire in the 1700 block of Road G about 2:45 p.m. New Year’s Day. Nobody was found in the 2016 Honda Accent, which was engulfed i...

DATE: Jan 01, 2021 CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico State Police to conduct sobriety checkpoints in January

Colorado’s hourly rate jumps to $12.32 an hour

Two Pueblo County deputies injured in standoff with suspect

Colorado state parks report high visitation rates in 2020

Navajo Nation reports 266 additional virus cases, seven deaths

National Weather Service: Dryness defined 2020 in Southwest

Talk show host Larry King in hospital with COVID-19

John Porter leaves a legacy of water storage, McPhee Reservoir in Southwest Colorado

Surprising and subtle effects of COVID-19

Stolen car found engulfed in flames south of Cortez

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