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Wildfires put Republican meteorologist candidate in hot seat

SANTA FE – Political clashes about the role of climate change in catastrophic West Coast infernos are spilling into a U.S. Senate race in New Mexico, where a Republican meteorologist is camp...

DATE: Sep 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico to grocery stores: Stop taxing food on deliveries

SANTA FE – New Mexico state taxation authorities on Wednesday urged grocery stores to stop unnecessarily collecting sales taxes on food that is delivered during the coronavirus pandemic. ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Medicaid enrollment strains public finances in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Enrollment in Medicaid has increased by nearly 7% in New Mexico since the outset of the coronavirus pandemic as employers shed jobs and more families descend into poverty, state h...

DATE: Sep 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic afflicts impoverished areas of New Mexico

SANTA FE – A top state health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 infections are far more prevalent in low-income areas of the New Mexico, potentially straining Medicaid health care. ...

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP delegates must self-quarantine in New Mexico, state says

SANTA FE – Political party delegates from New Mexico who traveled to the Republican National Convention or President Donald Trump’s speech at the White House this week should self-quarantine...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Abuse complaints decline sharply without school oversight

SANTA FE – A sharp decline in reports of child abuse and neglect in New Mexico at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic is prompting concerns that problems are going unnoticed while childre...

DATE: Aug 25, 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

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

Pandemic tests boundaries of remote work in New Mexico

SANTA FE – State Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart has returned to New Mexico and is self-quarantining as a precaution against coronavirus transmission after working remotely for sever...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico overhauls pandemic isolation rules for travelers

State also announces rescue loans for businesses

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Judiciary weighs challenge to New Mexico stay-at-home order

SANTA FE — The New Mexico state Supreme Court is weighing whether the governor has the authority to levy hefty fines against businesses as she enforces a public health order to slow the spre...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Prosecutor wants to try juvenile as adult in New Mexico athlete’s death

Prep basketball star shot dead at social gathering

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News