San Juan County New Mexico

On Friday of last week, a community meeting was held on black lung disease among retired Navajo coal miners in Farmington, New Mexico. The meeting was hosted by Positive Nature Homecare, a home healthcare company which primarily assists uranium miners. Laurence Bekise is a former coal miner who worked at the San Juan and Navajo mines for decades. He says he hopes he doesn’t have black lung from exposure to coal dust in the mines, but that he isn’t sure. And Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is urging the federal government to keep a close eye on artificial intelligence.

In northwest New Mexico, San Juan Regional Medical Center will now be offering monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 patients seven days a week; Mesa Verde National Park is seeking public comment on the restoration of one of the park’s archaeological sites.

Recent lightning has ignited several small wildfires across the San Juan National Forest; Leftover big game licenses for Colorado go on sale Tuesday, according to the state’s department of parks and wildlife; The San Juan, New Mexico County Fair is coming up.

Colorado state lawmakers have unveiled a transportation bill they say will raise more than three billion dollars for road work over the next decade by…

Colorado state lawmakers will take their first votes this week on gun control bills Democrats are advancing in response to the recent mass shooting in…

Colorado state lawmakers are making major changes to a bill aiming to cut health insurance premiums on the individual market. And the New Mexico…

San Juan County, New Mexico moved to the turquoise level, the least restrictive level on that state’s COVID-19 risk scale.The Dolores County Public Health…

San Juan County Sheriff's Office announces a $50,000 reward for any information that leads to locating a missing Farmington woman.A bill to end the…

Officials in San Juan County, New Mexico, are mulling the idea of suing pharmaceutical companies over the cost of the opioid crisis. The Farmington Daily…