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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

New Mexico opens vaccine distribution to more people

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico is moving ahead with COVID-19 vaccine distribution, expanding eligibility on Friday to people 75 and older as well as residents with underlying medical conditions th...

DATE: Jan 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

National Park Service releases video involving tasing of visitor

National Park Service releases video of incident, says man climbing on petroglyphs

DATE: Dec 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility has plan for growing electric vehicle use

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider has a plan for incentivizing the buildout of infrastructure that would be needed to bolster the use of electric vehicles in the expansive...

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico makes push with at-home COVID-19 test kits

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials said Tuesday they are hoping to boost the number of people getting tested for COVID-19 through a new program that will provide free, at-home test ki...

DATE: Dec 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Thousands of front-line health care workers in New Mexico have received the COVID-19 vaccine, and officials with a few of the state’s major hospitals said Monday that they expe...

DATE: Dec 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News