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Man held in New Jersey killing charged in New Mexico deaths

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities on Friday charged a man already accused of a beating death in New Jersey with murder and other counts in New Mexico in the slaying of his ex-wife and two of her fri...

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: New Mexico charges coming after killings in 2 states

ALBUQUERQUE – Charges were imminent against a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico in a series of slayings that include the beating death of a New Jersey resid...

DATE: Mar 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. seeks more time to rewrite Mexican gray wolf management rules

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. wildlife officials are asking a federal judge for more time to rewrite rules that guide management of North America’s rarest subspecies of gray wolf, saying they will miss...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Endangered wolf population keeps growing

Nearly 200 Mexican gray wolves roam New Mexico, Arizona

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

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