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New Mexico man sentenced in booster club embezzlement

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – A New Mexico man has been sentenced to nearly a year in prison after he pleaded no contest in the theft of thousands of dollars for a high school football booster club. ...

DATE: Apr 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico program helps struggling farmers, fights hunger

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Vibrant green sprouts pop up from the dirt, making their debut in a strange and somewhat frightening world. “There’s turnips, peas – it’s a good season for peas...

DATE: Apr 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Gallup high school gym to reopen for coronavirus patients

GALLUP, N.M. – A high school in Gallup will reopen its gym as a 60-bed alternative care facility to help hospitals treat an increasing number of coronavirus patients, a federal engineering a...

DATE: Apr 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Journalist examines boxer Jack Johnson’s fight in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Toby Smith knew little and cared less about boxing when he came to Albuquerque in 1976. More than anything else in the years that followed, he said, it was the compelling ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Valerie Plame leads congressional fundraising efforts

SANTA FE – Congressional candidate and fomer CIA operative Valerie Plame raised the most campaign funds in a crowded field of rivals for the Democratic nomination to New Mexico’s 3rd Congres...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Historic sign to be part of planned Route 66 visitor center

ALBUQUERQUE – The weathered old sign that once served as a beacon to travelers along a stretch of Route 66 just outside New Mexico’s largest city has been donated to a visitor center that wi...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico dioceses have different public Mass approaches

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will not follow another New Mexico diocese’s lead to lift the ban on in-person public Masses and instead will continue to celebrate services wi...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National Hispanic Cultural Center gets leader after months

ALBUQUERQUE – A fine arts appraiser and consultant from Mexico City has been named the new executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico. The New Mexic...

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico diocese first to resume public U.S. Mass amid virus

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Las Cruces Diocese has lifted a ban on the public celebration of Mass, reversing a mandate to suspend most parish events to curb the spread of the coronavirus. ...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Leader of armed border group sentenced on gun charge

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ The leader of an armed group that detained immigrants who were crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into southern New Mexico has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for a federa...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group: Santa Fe homes on market hit record low

SANTA FE – Homes on the market hit a record low in New Mexico’s Capital amid a slowdown and the spread of COVID-19. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the number of single-family ho...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico to join pilot U.S. effort on contract tracing

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor says the state has accepted an invitation from the White House to participate in a pilot program to improve and expand contact tracing for coronavirus infect...

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

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.