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
Morgan Lee
Position: The Associated Press
N.M. regulators tap solar to replace coal-fired San Juan Generating Station
SANTA FE – Solar-generated electricity and battery storage facilities will be installed in northwestern New Mexico to replace a major coal-fired power plant, according to terms of a decision...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico halts school sports, indoor dining, filmmaking
SANTA FE – New Mexico will halt indoor restaurant service, close state parks to nonresidents and suspend autumn contact sports at schools in response to surging coronavirus infections within...
DATE: Jul 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New minor party pushes for ‘fusion voting’ in New Mexico
SANTA FE – A political group that helped a slate of progressive-minded legislative candidates prevail in New Mexico’s Democratic primary has registered as a political party.
The N...
DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico announces $100 fines for flouting face mask rule
SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday said there will be more aggressive enforcement of the state’s public health order, including individual fines, to rein in risin...
DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico Legislature backs mandatory police body cameras
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Legislature on Monday approved a proposal to make police body cameras mandatory for nearly all state and local law enforcement officers, sending the bill to supportiv...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico advances police accountability, anti-racism bills
SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers on Saturday were trying to address festering problems of police accountability and craft new civil rights protections for minorities, all within the span of a...
DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Activists take aim at conquistador statues in New Mexico
SANTA FE – Two public statues of Spanish conqueror Juan de Oñate in New Mexico are drawing renewed attention and criticism as memorials erected in honor of Confederate leaders and other hist...
DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Financial crisis looms over New Mexico cities, counties
SANTA FE – Local governments from Roswell to Santa Fe are being swept away in the “economic tsunami” of the coronavirus pandemic and may fall back on the state for financial aid, a leading s...
DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico will lift many business restrictions on June 1
Restaurants can open at 50% of maximum capacity
DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
Former spy, issues of Trump loyalty weigh in New Mexico vote
SANTA FE – New Mexico is deciding on final contenders in open races for a U.S. Senate seat and a congressional slot that last changed hands a dozen years ago.
The retirement of Se...
DATE: May 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital
GALLUP, N.M. – On the eve of New Mexico’s shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for one last night of revelry.
Befo...
DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
