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New Mexico retirement board to study investment policies

ALBUQUERQUE – Policies that guide pension investments for New Mexico teachers and other educational retirees would have to change if the Educational Retirement Board wants to divest in priva...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Union votes no confidence, calls for Santa Fe mayor’s ouster

SANTA FE – A union representing just over half of city workers is calling on the Santa Fe City Council to remove Mayor Alan Webber. The union approved a resolution Wednesday night...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Project will bring drinking water to New Mexico pueblos

POJOAQUE PUEBLO, N.M. – Work has started on a project that will bring drinking water to residents of four northern New Mexico pueblos as part of a settlement that ended a decades-long fight ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New office in New Mexico to focus on Indigenous cold cases

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. officials have opened an office in New Mexico dedicated to investigating cold cases involving Indigenous people who are missing or have been killed. The office ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

School year begins for some New Mexico districts

SANTA FE – The school year is getting underway at some of New Mexico’s largest public school districts as teachers, students and parents deal with remote learning amid the coronavirus pandem...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico health insurance co-op prepares to close

SANTA FE – A cooperative health insurance provider to 14,000 customers on New Mexico’s subsidized marketplace will cease operations at the start of 2021. State insurance regulator...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Second suspect hospitalized in case where child’s remains found

SANTA FE – A second member of an extended family facing firearms, kidnapping and terrorism-related charges in connection with an 2018 raid on a remote compound where a child’s decomposed bod...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports another 202 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

The Associated Press SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials on Tuesday reported another 202 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to more than 22,640 since the coronavirus pandemic b...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dem state lawmaker resigns, will run for Bernalillo sheriff

RIO RANCHO, N.M – New Mexico State Rep. Patricio Ruiloba has resigned from his Albuquerque-area seat and will run for Bernalillo County Sheriff. The Democrat told The Associated P...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gold King mine spill left linger troubles on Navajo Nation

SHIPROCK, N.M. – Duane “Chili” Yazzie wears a “Water is Life” shirt as he walks the rows of his farm. He speaks of the river and earth as sacred entities for the Navajo people. Bu...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cowboys for Trump resists reveal of financial contributors

SANTA FE – The support group Cowboys for Trump and its founder Couy Griffin are resisting pressure to disclose financial contributors in what could be a test case of a 2019 New Mexico state ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado man sentenced threatening to kill official, lawyer

ALBUQUERQUE –A Colorado man has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for threatening to kill a New Mexico state official and an attorney with a law firm in connection with a fraud c...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.