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New Mexico finance secretary resigns as budget crisis builds

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s top finance official is leaving the administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as the state anticipates a budget crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic, a spoke...

DATE: Apr 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico finance secretary resigns as budget crisis looms

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s top finance official is leaving the administration of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as the state confronts a looming budget crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic, a...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico diocese sues over limits on virus relief funds

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest Catholic diocese has filed a complaint against the U.S. Small Business Administration over its inability to apply for federal aid meant to help businesses ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Appeal: New Mexico ignored rules in approval of nuke site work

ALBUQUERQUE – A watchdog group asked the New Mexico Court of Appeals to put the brakes on a key construction project at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. The...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sheriff’s office: Shooting leaves suspect critically wounded

CHAPARRAL, N.M. – A male suspect in a domestic violence case was critically wounded when shot during a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesda...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Plaintiffs say education-funding lawsuit in N.M. is still necessary

SANTA FE – Civil rights attorneys behind a long-running lawsuit alleging inadequate funding for public education are asking a judge to disregard recent efforts by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico dairy industry drowning in glut of milk

SANTA FE (AP) – The COVID-19 pandemic is choking New Mexico’s dairy market, forcing many farmers to throw surplus milk into irrigation ponds. It’s a cruel double whammy. ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

Native American leader discourages nearby city reopening

SANTA FE – The Native American community at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico pushed back Friday against plans by the mayor of a nearby city to allow the reopening of nonessential businesses in def...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gallup alcohol detox center reopens with COVID-19 focus

GALLUP, N.M. – An alcohol detox center in Gallup that was closed earlier this month because of a lack of staff to operate the facility has reopened to house intoxicated people who have teste...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

ADL condemns New Mexico mayor’s ‘Nazi’ remark about governor

GRANTS, N.M. – The Anti-Defamation League is denouncing comments made by a New Mexico mayor who compared New Mexico State Police to the Gestapo and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to the Nazis. ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico university gets grant to tackle opioid epidemic

LAS CRUCES, N.M. â€“ New Mexico State University has received a $200,000 federal grant to grow the number of nurse practitioners who will fight the opioid epidemic in the state. T...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Dad neglected adult son with muscular dystrophy

HOBBS, N.M. – The father of a New Mexico man with muscular dystrophy who died being bedridden for an unknown amount of time is facing charges in connection with his death. The ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News