Endangered wolf population keeps growing
Nearly 200 Mexican gray wolves roam New Mexico, Arizona
DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Susan Montoya Bryan
Position: The Associated Press
Grocery store workers, others now on New Mexico vaccine list
ALBUQUERQUE – Grocery store employees, home caregivers, farm workers, other essential workers and people older than 60 are now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine in New Mexico. ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
New Mexico governor signs prescribed fire measure
SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday signed legislation that will clear the way for more prescribed fires as New Mexico deals with worsening drought and climate change. ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
U.S. says ranger tried to diffuse run-in before using Taser
ALBUQUERQUE – A National Park Service ranger used a stun gun on a man who identifies as Native American after trying repeatedly to diffuse a confrontation on federal land in New Mexico, acco...
DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News
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
