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New Mexico considers hourly $15 minimum for state workers

SANTA FE – Momentum appears to be building behind proposals to lift minimum pay in New Mexico state government to $15 an hour for at least 1,200 public workers who make less than that, amid ...

Albuquerque marks 101st homicide in 2021, a record

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque has now surpassed 100 homicides since the start of the year. A man officers found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Sunday night near Mountain Road...

UNM disenrolling 256 students for shirking vaccine mandate

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico is disenrolling 256 students from classes for not complying with university’s requirement for vaccination against COVID-19. University spokeswoman ...

FBI seeks hold-up suspect in ‘New Mexico Lobos’ sweatshirt

ALBUQUERQUE – FBI agents are local police searching for a suspect who tried to rob a credit union in Albuquerque while wearing a red, hooded sweatshirt with “New Mexico Lobos” on the front....

Colorado woman accused of killing stepson pleads not guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and a dozen other charges. Letecia Stauch was in court for...

Farmington hospital getting assistance because of COVID-19 surge

FARMINGTON – State and federal health agencies are sending 70 caregivers to San Juan Regional Medical Center because of a surge in COVID-19 patients in the northwestern corner of New Mexico ...

Navajo Nation reports 103 more COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Thursday reported 103 more COVID-19 cases and five deaths.

Remains found thought to be German hiker missing since 1983

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – Skeletal remains found in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park are believed to be those of a 27-year-old man from West Germany who disappeared during a mult...

Navajo Nation reports 80 new COVID-19 cases, but no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Wednesday reported 80 more COVID-19 cases, but no coronavirus-related deaths for the 23rd time in the past 35 days. The latest numbers pushed the tr...

Police: Man set home ablaze clearing cobwebs with blowtorch

BOULDER – A Colorado man was arrested after investigators say he set his mother’s house on fire while trying to get rid of cobwebs with a blowtorch. The Boulder Daily Camera reports ...

New Mexico moves ahead with vaccine rollout for children

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials on Wednesday applauded the federal government’s move to clear the way for COVID-19 vaccinations for children ages 5 to 11, saying the rollout will i...

Agency decides against flooding Grand Canyon amid drought

LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decided not to send water rushing through the Grand Canyon this month to rebuild beaches for campers and sandbars for fish because of persistent dr...