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U.S. nuclear lab to relocate hundreds of workers in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories announced Monday that it will be moving hundreds of employees from its sprawling campus in the mountains of northern New Mexico...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico expands vaccine eligibility to teachers

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Monday expanded eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations to all school teachers, early childhood educators and other staff members with the goal of getting the group...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs options for teacher vaccination mandate

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. government needs to boost vaccine supplies if it wants New Mexico to meet a new mandate for getting at least one shot into the arms of all teachers by the end of March...

DATE: Mar 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico to resume horse racing as virus restrictions ease

ALBUQUERQUE – The commission that oversees horse racing in New Mexico announced Monday that live racing is set to resume in April now that public health restrictions related to the coronavir...

DATE: Mar 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Visitation restrictions eased at some New Mexico hospitals

ALBUQUERQUE – Citing downward trends in new COVID-19 cases, top administrators with some of the largest health care networks in New Mexico said Monday that visitation restrictions at some ho...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history

A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories of thousands of Native Americans that were collected a...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials hold out hope for more vaccine supply

ALBUQUERQUE – Officials at some of New Mexico’s largest hospitals said Monday they are holding out hope that vaccine supplies will catch up with demand as state health officials confirmed th...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico vaccine clinic stops giving shots temporarily

ALBUQUERQUE – One of New Mexico’s largest vaccination clinics will hit the pause button this week and temporarily stop giving vaccines after administering shots for more than a week, citing ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico tribe sues U.S. over hospital closure amid pandemic

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico Indigenous tribe is suing the U.S. government, claiming that federal health officials have violated the law by ending emergency and in-patient medical care at a ho...

DATE: Jan 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico zoo sends endangered wolf pack to Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – A pair of endangered Mexican gray wolves and their seven pups have been sent from a zoo in New Mexico’s largest city to Mexico as part of conservation efforts in that country. ...

DATE: Jan 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Many in New Mexico eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

ALBUQUERQUE – A significant number of New Mexico residents are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations because they have one or more preexisting medical conditions, the state health secretary...

DATE: Jan 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utilities look ahead to renewable energy mandates

ALBUQUERQUE – A solar project meant to provide 10% of Gallup’s electricity for the next two decades is falling short of expectations, highlighting just one of the challenges as investor-owne...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business