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New Mexico governor orders safeguards for abortion access

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democratic governor took steps Monday to ensure safe harbor to people seeking abortions or providing abortions at health care facilities within the state. Gov. Michel...

DATE: Jun 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Building anger in rural New Mexico erupts in election crisis

SANTA FE – Behind the raw public frustration and anger over election security that has played out this week in New Mexico was a hint of something deeper – a growing divide between the state’...

DATE: Jun 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

GOP taps seasoned broadcaster for New Mexico governor race

SANTA FE – Republicans picked a seasoned TV broadcaster to take on New Mexico’s incumbent Democratic governor, nominating former network meteorologist Mark Ronchetti on his pledges to rein i...

DATE: Jun 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Mark Ronchetti wins GOP primary for New Mexico governor

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Mark Ronchetti has won the Republican primary for governor to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. The former television meteorologist on Tuesday...

DATE: Jun 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico Democrats seek new gun restrictions, enforcement

SANTA FE – Responses from public officials in New Mexico to the killing of 19 children and two teachers by a lone gunman at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are falling along partisan ...

DATE: May 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Firefighters rescue ‘Cinder’ the elk calf from fire’s ashes

SANTA FE – Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in New Mexico and fires rage ac...

DATE: May 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Court weighs clash on online publication of voting records

ALBUQUERQUE – A conservative-backed foundation that aims to post online registration records for voters across the country urged a federal judge Tuesday to override objections by New Mexico ...

DATE: May 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Menaced by flames, nuclear lab peers into future of wildfire

LOS ALAMOS N.M. – Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national se...

DATE: May 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Videos show aftermath of film-set shooting, Baldwin’s reaction to death

SANTA FE – The New Mexico sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin described complacency, disorganization and neglected safety measures in...

DATE: Apr 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Police release videos in probe of Baldwin film-set shooting

SANTA FE – Law enforcement officials released a trove of video evidence Monday in the ongoing investigation of a fatal October shooting of a cinematographer by actor and producer Alec Baldwi...

DATE: Apr 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico fines film company over Alec Baldwin shooting

SANTA FE – New Mexico workplace safety regulators on Wednesday issued the maximum possible fine of nearly $137,000 against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set o...

DATE: Apr 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico challenges effort to post election rolls online

SANTA FE – New Mexico election regulators are resisting efforts by a conservative-backed foundation to post statewide voter registration information on a public website where it can be searc...

DATE: Apr 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico