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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

State Supreme Court will mediate mail-in ballot dispute

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s Supreme Court said Wednesday it will referee a dispute over how to proceed with the state’s June 2 primary election without in-person voting to minimize public ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico election regulators want mail-in-only primary because of coronavirus

SANTA FE, N.M. – Local elections official petitioned the New Mexico Supreme Court for permission to conduct the June 2 primary election by mail, asserting that the coronavirus pandemic makes...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Health officials say New Mexico has its first coronavirus death

SANTA FE – New Mexico has its first coronavirus death. Health officials said Wednesday the man in his late 70s was hospitalized in Artesia on Sunday and died the same day. The sta...

DATE: Mar 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Coronavirus tests rural health networks in New Mexico

Only 55 intensive care beds are available across the state

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New coronavirus hits New Mexico, visiting actor

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico’s governor urged the Trump administration on Monday to help the state expand testing capacity for the new coronavirus as a positive test result by recently visiti...

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico suspends K-12 classes for 3 weeks on virus fears

Health officials also banned mass gatherings that involve 100 or more people

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor signs budget amid coronavirus worries

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham trimmed $100 million in infrastructure projects as she signed a $7.6 billion annual general fund budget Wednesday that makes major new inves...

DATE: Mar 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News