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New Mexico residents endure long wait for virus results

SANTA FE – New Mexico residents have waited in longer lines for COVID-19 testing and must wait several days to several weeks for test results as confirmed coronavirus cases surge throughout ...

New Mexico Land Office offers online Christmas tree permits

SANTA FE – The State Land Office is joining other land management agencies in New Mexico in offering online Christmas tree cutting permits. The Land Office said Monday it also is ...

Skiing may not spread coronavirus but slopes still risky, UN says

GENEVA – As several European countries have suspended access to the ski slopes to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said the risk...

Examining China’s claims of coronavirus on frozen foods

BEIJING – China says it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food, but how valid are its claims and how serious is the threat to public health? Frozen shrim...

Deadly pursuit could lead to murder charges for defendants

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that defendants who cause deadly crashes while fleeing police can face felony murder charges under certain circumstances. The cou...

US Air Force gunship training unit to relocate to New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Air Force has selected a base in New Mexico as the future home for its AC-130J aircraft and training force. Officials say Kirtland Air Force Base is their p...

Average daily coronavirus deaths keeps rising in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A rolling average of statewide deaths from the coronavirus has surpassed 25 per day as New Mexico nears the end of a two-week period of heightened restrictions. The sev...

New Mexico authorities to crack down on drunken drivers

SANTA FE – New Mexico authorities will be cracking down on drunken drivers throughout the month of December. State police issued the warning this week, saying sobriety checkpoints...

New Mexico reports 2,142 additional COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 2,142 additional known COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths. The statewide totals increased to 93,982 cases and 1,527 deaths. F...

Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico cuts 20 positions

ALBUQUERQUE – The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is cutting 20 positions and ending publication of its Archbishop John C. Wester announced the layoffs in a letter to parishioners on Monday. ...

Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia to new homes

MACON, Ga. – Packed in a dog crate, a 3-year-old boxer mix named Sky took a flight earlier this month. She was one of a half-dozen dogs who got the ride of their lives flying from...

Vanderbilt will have Sarah Fuller in uniform to kick

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Women’s soccer player Sarah Fuller will don a football uniform Saturday for Vanderbilt and is poised to become the first woman to play in a Power 5 game when the Comm...