Isolation takes toll on Alzheimer’s patients amid pandemic

DENVER (AP) – Bart Bartholomew noticed the changes in his wife soon after the coronavirus pandemic began. One day, Dot, who was diagnosed with dementia more than a decade ago, sto...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hospitals seeing strain as COVID-19 cases climb

ALBUQUERQUE – Top medical officers for some of New Mexico’s largest hospital systems said Monday they are now at or above normal capacity as the coronavirus pandemic surges across the state....

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Search warrants served on Navajo Nation amid hemp crackdown

SHIPROCK, N.M. – A team of federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement officers on Monday served search warrants on the Navajo Nation near Shiprock, where the tribe has been cracking do...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

County elects New Mexico’s first Black district attorney

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Voters in Dona Ana County have elected the first Black district attorney in New Mexico after he ran unopposed, officials said. The Las Cruces Sun-News report...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation reports 124 additional virus cases, 2 deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Health officials have reported 124 additional coronavirus cases and two additional deaths from the virus for the Navajo Nation as of Sunday. In all, the tribe...

DATE: Nov 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico again reports nearly 1,300 additional COVID-19 cases

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday for the second day in a row reported nearly 1,300 additional COVID-19 cases and 16 additional deaths. Officials said there are 1,287 additional c...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man drowns trying to save dog

SANTA FE – A New Mexico man has drowned while attempting to retrieve his dog from a pond. Police Chief Freddie Trujillo said the Santa Fe man was seen heading into the pond at the...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Legislature may meet in convention center amid pandemic

SANTA FE – New Mexico legislators are grappling with the public health risks of convening their next session in January amid surging statewide rates of coronavirus infections and deaths. ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrat says redistricting process will be fair, open

SANTA FE – A top-ranked Democrat offered assurances Friday that legislative districts will be redrawn in a “fair, open and transparent process” as the Legislature initiates the redistricting...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico high court revisits issue of spousal testimony

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has revisited a 2019 decision that barred the state’s court system from continued use of a longstanding legal privilege that disallows testimony by a ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports new high for COVID-19 daily case count

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico health officials are reporting a new high for the COVID-19 daily case count as the state struggles with an ongoing surge. Cases reported Friday totaled 1,...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Forecasters: More snow headed to New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Forecasters with the National Weather Service say New Mexico is in line for some more snow. Two storms are expected to hit northern and central parts of the state ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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