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Amazon, Walmart can sell groceries to food-stamp recipients

SANTA FE – State health authorities are making it possible for New Mexico residents to spend food stamp benefits to buy food online and reduce the risk of coronavirus transmission associated...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Parents accused of child abuse skip out with four children

HOBBS, N.M. – Authorities in New Mexico were searching Wednesday for two parents accused of child abuse and their four children after they skipped out on a home visit with a social worker. ...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Cowboys for Trump’ leader chided for ‘dead Democrat’ remark

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – The founder of a group Cowboys for Trump who also serves as a New Mexico county commissioner is facing calls to resign after he metaphorically said in a video, “the only g...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico’s Medicaid enrollment rises during pandemic

SANTA FE – New Mexico health insurance regulators say statewide enrollment in Medicaid is increasing as businesses shed workers in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Medicaid e...

DATE: May 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor rejects call to lift virus restrictions

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday defended her response to the coronavirus pandemic amid calls by Republican lawmakers who want her to remove enforced business res...

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico high schools plan virtual ceremonies, parades

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest public school system is planning virtual high school graduation ceremonies in June because it’s unlikely that the coronavirus pandemic will subside soon. ...

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fire restrictions ordered at 4 sites in northern New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – The National Park Service is implementing additional fire restrictions at four park sites in northern New Mexico due to an increasing risk of wildfires in the region. ...

DATE: May 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bayoneting victims recall 50th anniversary of UNM bloodshed

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – Students walking along the University of New Mexico mall, east of the Student Union Building, might not realize that on May 8, 1970 – 50 years ago – that very stretch of w...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Genetic analysis helps police make arrest in Santa Fe death

SANTA FE – Santa Fe police say genetic analysis of DNA evidence from the 2018 fatal shooting of a man in his home’s backyard helped crack the case, leading to an arrest. Police sa...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico hit with infestation of moths after hibernation

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ An infestation of moths has hit New Mexico amid an ideal climate for the invading bugs. KRQE-TV reports thousands of moths have been seen in state parks, outside o...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Construction starts in New Mexico on 35K acres for wind farm

SANTA FE – Construction has started on 35,000 acres of state trust land for the La Joya Wind Farm in New Mexico’s Torrance County. The project about 10 miles west of the Village o...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

From oilfields to food banks, New Mexico feels jobless sting

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico already was among the most poverty-stricken states in the U.S. before oil prices crashed and the coronavirus outbreak derailed efforts to diversify the economy. Now,...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business