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New Mexico agencies seek more funding amid virus pressures

ALBUQUERQUE – Two of the state agencies that have been key in New Mexico’s response to the coronavirus pandemic laid out their spending requests to a panel of state lawmakers Friday, citing ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico surpasses 100K infections, reports 40 deaths

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico marked more grim milestones Wednesday with confirmed COVID-19 infections surpassing the 100,000 mark and the daily death toll reaching a new high as some public heal...

DATE: Dec 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Count of new virus cases falls in New Mexico, but danger persists

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, but nearly every county remained...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Canvassing board certifies Joe Biden’s win in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The state canvassing board on Tuesday certified Joe Biden’s win in New Mexico, delivering the state’s five electoral votes to the Democrat. The approval came as the ...

DATE: Nov 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico aims to boost virus testing with saliva samples

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Monday started offering limited saliva testing as health officials look to boost the state’s capacity for COVID-19 testing while spread of the virus remained unch...

DATE: Nov 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hospitals seeing strain as COVID-19 cases climb

ALBUQUERQUE – Top medical officers for some of New Mexico’s largest hospital systems said Monday they are now at or above normal capacity as the coronavirus pandemic surges across the state....

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports new high for COVID-19 daily case count

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials are reporting a new high for the COVID-19 daily case count as the state struggles with an ongoing surge. Cases reported Friday totaled 1,...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico makes history with all-female U.S. House team

ALBUQUERQUE – Republican Yvette Herrell on Tuesday staged an upset to win a contested race for a U.S. House seat in New Mexico, beating incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small in...

DATE: Nov 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo energy company to acquire shares in coal power plant

ALBUQUERQUE – The Navajo Nation would expand its investment in coal-fired electricity generation as part of a plan announced Monday to acquire more shares in one of the Southwest’s last rema...

DATE: Nov 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico surpasses 1,000 deaths from COVID-19

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico on Friday marked a grim milestone, as deaths related to the coronavirus topped 1,000. The statewide toll surpassed the mark with the addition of 13 more d...

DATE: Oct 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hospital officer: New Mexico at pivotal point with virus

ALBUQUERQUE – The chief medical officer for the largest hospital system in New Mexico said Thursday that the state is at a pivotal point with the coronavirus as a new high was set for the da...

DATE: Oct 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico building infrastructure for vaccine distribution

ALBUQUERQUE – It could be well into next year before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, but top health officials in New Mexico said Tuesday that they have submitted their plan to the fe...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News