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New Mexico’s mask mandate for schools sparks legal battle

ALBUQUERQUE – A legal battle is brewing in New Mexico over what power state education officials have over local school boards and what limits there are to that authority. The fight stems fr...

DATE: Aug 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Teacher union president: Goal is to get kids back to school

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The head of a national teachers union is visiting New Mexico on Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to convince parents that it’s safe to send their kids back to pub...

DATE: Aug 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Uncovering boarding school history makes for monumental task

ALBUQUERQUE – They sat inside a dust-covered box that had been stashed away, untouched, for years: black-and-white photographs of Apache students who were among the first sent to a New Mexic...

DATE: Jul 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Chile harvest starts early for some New Mexico farmers

HATCH, N.M. – The aroma of fresh roasted green chiles is already wafting through southern New Mexico as some farmers are getting a jump-start on the harvest. The earlier start to the season ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico wilderness area grows with large donation

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visited her home state Saturday to celebrate what marks the largest wilderness land donation in the agency’s history and another addition to...

DATE: Jul 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

New Mexico governor: Opening day will be July 1

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Friday that all remaining pandemic-related public health restrictions on commercial and day-to-day activity in the state will be lif...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Santa Fe Opera gears up for ticket sales, season opener

ALBUQUERQUE – The gates at the famed Santa Fe Opera are open again, and General Director Robert Meya said Wednesday that he and the entire company are excited to return to the stage in July...

DATE: Jun 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Navajos voice concern about plan to transfer uranium waste

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a licensing change proposed by a uranium company that would clear the way for 1 million cubic yards of waste to be transferred from a m...

DATE: May 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials cite progress in vaccinating students

ALBUQUERQUE – The head of the New Mexico Public Education Department said Wednesday that progress is being made when it comes to vaccinating the state’s middle and high school students now t...

DATE: May 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News