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Ice fishing season comes to an end in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Ice fishing season is coming to a close in northern New Mexico. Officials with New Mexico State Parks have deemed some lakes unsafe because of deteriorating ice co...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Report: Neighbor steals skeleton over offensive gesture

CUYAMUNGUE, N.M. – A New Mexico woman is facing a larceny charge after authorities say she stole a neighbor’s anatomical skeleton model that allegedly was making an offensive gesture toward ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Special prosecutors in New Mexico to focus on rape cases

ALBUQUERQUE – Now that authorities are close to completing testing on a backlog of rape evidence kits, officials in New Mexico’s busiest judicial district announced a plan Wednesday for the ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico announces arrival of coronavirus test kits

SANTA FE â€“ The New Mexico Department of Health said it has capacity to test for COVID-19 with tests kits provided by the federal government. The agency announced Tuesday that kits from the...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Accent mark in official Santa Fe seal in wrong spot

SANTA FE – An accent mark of the official seal of the capital city of the nation’s most Hispanic state is in the wrong spot. The misplaced accent mark at the top of the city of Sa...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico prosecutor resigns after DUI, firearms arrest

ROSWELL, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico prosecutor has resigned after his arrest for aggravated drunken driving and negligent use of a firearm. The Hobbs News-Sun reports 5th...

DATE: Mar 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado hostage taker sentenced to 12 years in state prison

ASPEN – A Colorado real estate agent was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for holding three men hostage at gunpoint and repeatedly threatening to kill them. Brolin McConnell ...