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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham grants clemency for 19 people

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has granted clemency for 19 people convicted of crimes in the state, the governor’s office announced Friday. The office said thes...

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico puts bilingual signs at lakes on invasive species

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – New Mexico has erected its first-ever bilingual Spanish-English billboards at two lakes around invasive species. The state Department of Game and Fish announced...

DATE: Jun 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico launches new anti-DWI campaign with mask twist

SANTA FE – New Mexico is launching a new anti-drunken driving campaign that also encourages people to wear face coverings and keep their distance from one another. Officials said ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribe, environmentalists fight rollback of U.S. water rule

ALBUQUERQUE – The nation’s largest Native American tribe and several environmental groups are waging a legal challenge to a revised federal rule that lifts protections for many streams, cree...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. Energy Department fined $304K over waste documentation

SANTA FE – The U.S. Department of Energy has been fined $304,000 over missed deadlines in documenting waste shipments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, department officials said. ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation president: New Mexico still failing students

SANTA FE – The leader of one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. called Wednesday for the governor of New Mexico to end efforts to fight a court ruling that orders improvements...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico releases plan for reopening public schools

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s public schools now have rules and suggestions for how to reopen in the fall in what could amount to a giant experiment during an uncertain time brought on by the cor...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hospital under review over profiling allegations

ALBUQUERQUE – The findings of a recent survey at a women’s hospital in New Mexico are in the process of being referred to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil R...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Police: Wanted man was 1 of 2 killed in head-on crash

GALLUP, N.M. â€“ One of two people killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 40 near Gallup after a police chase was a wanted man from northwestern New Mexico, authorities said Tuesday. ...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vandals cause estimated $100K of damage to Indian restaurant

SANTA FE – Vandals damaged the interior furnishings of an Indian restaurant in downtown Santa Fe and spray-painted racist comments on walls and art objects in the building. Cost o...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cowboys see ranching challenges in Zuni Mountains amid virus

MCGAFFEY, N.M. (AP) – Two cowboys rode their horses on a pasture below the McKenzie Ridge in the Zuni Mountains a recent afternoon checking out the cows. They rode gently to avoid...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico advances police accountability, anti-racism bills

SANTA FE – New Mexico lawmakers on Saturday were trying to address festering problems of police accountability and craft new civil rights protections for minorities, all within the span of a...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News