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New Mexico House endorses liquor reforms

SANTA FE, N.M. – The state House of Representatives has endorsed a bill aimed at energizing the hospitality industry in rural New Mexico by relaxing state restrictions on liquor sales. ...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Facebook seeks $6B to expand data center in New Mexico

LOS LUNAS, N.M. – A subsidiary of Facebook has filed an application with Los Lunas city officials for billions of dollars in additional funding that could double the size of its data center ...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico Legislature approves tax holiday for restaurants

SANTA FE – A bill is on its way to the governor that would provide a four-month tax holiday to restaurants and a $600 rebate to low-income workers. The state House gave final appr...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Jet pilot reports unidentified object in New Mexico skies

SANTA FE – American Airlines has said one of its pilots flying a passenger jet sent a radio transmission reporting an unidentified object flying at high speeds in skies above northern New Me...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico official: Fences around state Capitol to remain

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials are declining to remove protective barriers erected around the state Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot during which supporters of former President Donald Trump br...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Republicans ask to remove barriers around Capitol

SANTA FE – Republican lawmakers in New Mexico have asked that the state remove protective barriers erected around the state Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection in which supporters of forme...

DATE: Feb 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico county vaccinates first responders under mandate

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – County officials in southern New Mexico have said most of the first responders in Doña Ana County, which includes Las Cruces, have received at least one of the two doses o...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico begins construction of new state crime lab

SANTA FE â€“ New Mexico is getting a new state crime lab. The state Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday that construction of the new $21.9 million forensic laboratory ha...

DATE: Feb 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor used fund to buy groceries, dry cleaning

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she regrets discretionary spending of taxpayer money that included $6,500 on groceries and alcohol. Lujan Grisham, a Democra...

DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three film productions completed in Albuquerque

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials say three feature films completed production in the state in recent months. According to the state Film Office, the films included “Vengeance” prod...

DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Police: Man sought in Albuquerque slaying held in Alabama

ALBUQUERQUE – A 24-year-old man being held by authorities in a murder investigation in Huntsville, Alabama, has been named as a suspect in a 2018 killing in Albuquerque, police in New Mexico...

DATE: Feb 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico House speaker responds to ethics complaint

SANTA FE – Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf said a recent ethics complaint against him is an effort to distract him from work as a legislator. Egolf made the comments Thursday...

DATE: Feb 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News