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NMSU remains against declaring campus a sanctuary

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University is rejecting requests that the Las Cruces campus take on sanctuary status for students who are in the country illegally. The Las ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation confirms 12 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. â€“ The Navajo Nation on Monday reported 12 new coronavirus cases but no additional deaths. The latest figures from tribal health officials bring the total numb...

DATE: Mar 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Outside investigators approved to help Albuquerque police

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal judge has approved an order proposing the creation of an outside team to assist the Albuquerque Police Department with investigations into officer-related use of forc...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No artwork damaged in flooding at Hispanic cultural center

ALBUQUERQUE – No artwork was damaged when waterlines broke at the National Hispanic Cultural Center during a cold snap that hit Albuquerque, officials said Friday. Much of the wor...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado bill would give unlimited time to sue child abusers

DENVER – A legislative committee in Colorado has advanced a bill that would give recent and future victims of child sexual assault unlimited time to sue their abusers. Lawmakers o...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Infections among inmates boost New Mexico’s COVID case total

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials confirmed an additional 659 COVID-19 infections Friday – marking the highest daily case total in more than three weeks. The New Mexico Depar...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 23 new coronavirus cases, four deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation has continued on a downward trend in the number of daily coronavirus cases. Tribal health officials on Friday reported 23 new cases of COVID...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor signs bill to preserve abortion rights

SANTA FE – Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed a bill to shore up abortion rights in New Mexico, saying a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Skier dies after accident at Colorado mountain resort

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A 48-year-old skier died this week from an accident at Colorado’s Sunlight Mountain Ski Resort. Job Henning, 48, suffered head injuries and was found unresponsi...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Better Call Saul’ to film final season soon in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – “Better Call Saul,” the prequel spinoff to the hugely successful series “Breaking Bad,” will begin production in New Mexico on its sixth and final season beginning in March. ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Police officer pleads for Capitol riot suspect’s release

DENVER – A person identifying himself as a Denver police officer is among a group of people hoping to persuade a judge to release a Colorado geophysicist accused of assaulting police during ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Las Cruces school official struck, killed while walking dogs

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Karen Trujillo, school superintendent for New Mexico’s second largest city of Las Cruces and a former leader of the state Public Education Department, was hit and killed b...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News