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Absentee ballot push begins for New Mexico’s June 2 primary

SANTA FE – Election authorities are starting to distribute absentee ballots in a concerted effort to reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission at polling places in New Mexico’s June 2 prim...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico blocks roads into Gallup as virus cases surge

ALBUQUERQUE – The governor of New Mexico invoked the state’s Riot Control Act on Friday as she sealed off all roads to nonessential traffic in the city of Gallup to help control a surging co...

DATE: May 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus forecast model from defense team in Los Alamos draws attention

SANTA FE – A team of national defense scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory that studies contagions with award-winning accuracy has developed its own U.S. forecast for the spread of t...

DATE: Apr 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Health

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

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

New Mexico Supreme Court to stick with in-person voting June 2

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered state and local election authorities to distribute absentee ballot applications to all registered voters while rejecting a petition...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs voting methods for peak of virus pandemic

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Supreme Court is considering competing proposals to increase reliance on balloting by mail in efforts to limit the coronavirus’ spread and preserve voting rights in t...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus infections surpass 1,000 in New Mexico, deaths climb

SANTA FE – Confirmed COVID-19 infections surpassed 1,000 on Friday across New Mexico as the pandemic killed two more people and tightened its grip over the Navajo Nation in the northwest par...

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill Richardson seeks humanitarian aid for Navajo Nation

SANTA FE – A philanthropic effort aimed at boosting access to scarce medical and protective equipment supplies on the Navajo Nation is being organized by former Gov. Bill Richardson. ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

GOP wants mail-in ballots by request only in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Legal battle lines were being drawn Wednesday in a standoff over alternatives to in-person voting amid a coronavirus stay-at-home order and targeted curfew in New Mexico, where De...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pandemic scuttles market for folk artists from 50 nations

SANTA FE – Artists and artisans from more than 50 nations will lose a key source of income and engagement after the International Folk Art Market canceled its annual open-air bazaar in New M...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Albuquerque retirement facility has 18 coronavirus cases

SANTA FE – A city health official says 18 residents of a retirement facility in Albuquerque have tested positive for the coronavirus. Mark DiMenna, deputy director of Albuquerque’...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News