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Rules to reduce New Mexico methane emissions being drafted

FARMINGTON – Two New Mexico departments reportedly plan to release draft complimentary regulations for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors later this year. ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico encourages mail-in balloting amid virus concerns

SANTA FE – New Mexico election regulators are encouraging registered voters to request mail-in ballots ahead of the state’s June 2 primary election in light of a public health emergency conc...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man pleads guilty in fatal child abuse case in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A man has pleaded guilty in a case involving the fatal beating and torture of 13-year-old Jeremiah Valencia in 2017. Jordan Nunez, 21, entered his guilty plea in a Firs...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. governor orders coronavirus testing in all 33 counties

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has given orders to establish a coronavirus testing site in each of the state’s 33 counties, a top public health official told a call-in for...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Junior College votes to raise tuition

HOBBS, N.M. â€“ The New Mexico Junior College Board has voted to raise tuition. The Hobbs News-Sun reports the governing board of the southeastern New Mexico school approved Th...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe police sued in elderly woman’s freezing death

SANTA FE – The family of a 92-year-old woman who froze to death in Santa Fe has filed a lawsuit saying Santa Fe police did not try hard enough to find her. A lawyer for Antonia Ga...

DATE: Mar 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

First Colorado National Guard member tests positive for COVID-19

The First Colorado National Guard member has tested positive for COVID-19. The service member is being cared for while in isolation in accordance with Centers for Disease Control ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

State health official: Coronavirus cases in Colorado expected to grow in coming months

Social distancing is best way to slow spread, experts say

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Polis asks landlords to forgo evictions, penalties for late rent

Colorado governor forms business-response panel

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wintry weather returns to Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wintry weather was making a comeback to the high plains and Rocky Mountains on Thursday, with rain, ice and snow hitting the region. The National Weather Service ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hispanic Catholics asked to skip healing sites amid outbreak

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – For years, Orlando Marquez and his family made the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayó, a Catholic sanctuary located in northern New Mexico and known as the “Lourdes of ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man is accused of threatening New Mexico Gov. Grisham online

The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE – Prosecutors say an Albuquerque man accused of threatening New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others online faces up to five years in fed...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News