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New Mexico may pioneer public financing of lower-court campaigns

SANTA FE – New Mexico could become the first state to offer public campaign financing to candidates seeking to serve as judges in general jurisdiction courts that handle the bulk of criminal...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 288 additional COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 288 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths, increasing the state’s pandemic totals to 186,742 cases and 3,796 deaths. About a...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Exam finds multiple cracks in part of United jet’s engine

Microscopic examination supports early suspicions that wear and tear caused a fan blade to snap inside one engine of a United Airlines plane that made an emergency landing shortly after take...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexicans in majority as Senate OKs COVID-19 relief bill

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan were both in the razor-thin majority Saturday as the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Four arrested before trial of New Mexico prison gang member

ALBUQUERQUE – Federal authorities have arrested four people, suspected of making threats against a judge and other officials, hours before testimony in the racketeering and murder trial of a...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque to pay $350K to settle police retaliation claims

ALBUQUERQUE – The city of Albuquerque will make $175,000 payments to a police sergeant and a police officer to settle retaliations claims, the Police Department announced Saturday. ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Two dead in shooting outside bar in Denver area

WESTMINSTER – A man and woman are dead after a shooting outside a bar in the Denver area, police said Saturday. The Westminster Police Department said officers responded to a repo...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor’s top aide accused of ethics violation

SANTA FE – A former trustee for New Mexico’s retirement system for its public employees has filed an ethics complaint against Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s chief operating officer...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials: More money needed as duties increase

SANTA FE (AP) – A disastrous blowout at the Gold King Mine near Silverton released tons of toxic metals and acidic waste into the Animas and San Juan rivers in 2015, resulting in an $11 mill...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 12 virus cases, one death on Friday

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation on Friday reported 12 additional COVID-19 cases and one death from the virus. In all, the tribe has reported nearly 30,000 confirmed cases...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

JBS meatpacking plant workers get COVID-19 vaccine shots

GREELEY – A Colorado meatpacking plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year suspended operations Friday so that workers could receive COVID-19 vaccines on-site. Worker...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bill advances to exempt New Mexico from time changes

SANTA FE – New Mexico would eliminate twice-annual seasonal time changes under a bill endorsed Friday by the New Mexico state Senate. On a 22-18 vote, the Democrat-led Senate appr...

DATE: Mar 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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