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Group: Santa Fe homes on market hit record low

SANTA FE – Homes on the market hit a record low in New Mexico’s Capital amid a slowdown and the spread of COVID-19. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the number of single-family ho...

DATE: Apr 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

New Mexico to join pilot U.S. effort on contract tracing

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s governor says the state has accepted an invitation from the White House to participate in a pilot program to improve and expand contact tracing for coronavirus infect...

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico couple who ducked sentencing arrested in Oklahoma

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico married couple have been arrested in Oklahoma after failing to appear in court for sentencing for financial crimes involving vulnerable clients of a non-defunct fi...

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Supreme Court to stick with in-person voting June 2

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered state and local election authorities to distribute absentee ballot applications to all registered voters while rejecting a petition...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs voting methods for peak of virus pandemic

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Supreme Court is considering competing proposals to increase reliance on balloting by mail in efforts to limit the coronavirus’ spread and preserve voting rights in t...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico State Police seeking driver in fatal hit-and-run

ARTESIA, N.M. – New Mexico State Police are searching for a driver who fatally struck a pedestrian last weekend near Artesia. They said 39-year-old Jenio Berdoza of Roswell died i...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico governor adds church services to gatherings ban

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Saturday expanded her mass gatherings ban to combat spread of the coronavirus to include churches and other houses of worship on the eve of the Chri...

DATE: Apr 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque facility to shelter elderly coronavirus patients

The operator of a 73-bed skilled nursing rehabilitation center in Albuquerque plans to convert it into a facility that will provide a temporary home for elderly coronavirus patients, state o...

DATE: Apr 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico officials: Going outdoors OK but avoid gatherings

SANTA FE – New Mexico officials say it’s OK during the coronavirus outbreak to go outdoors but the closer to home the better. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s administration on Frida...

DATE: Apr 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Centuries-old acequia cleaning tradition hurt by COVID-19

CUARTELES, N.M. – Water from the Acequia del Llano gushed underneath a sluice when mayordomo Don Bustos twisted the gate open to clear sand and other debris that had accumulated in the ditch...

DATE: Apr 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Virus infections surpass 1,000 in New Mexico, deaths climb

SANTA FE – Confirmed COVID-19 infections surpassed 1,000 on Friday across New Mexico as the pandemic killed two more people and tightened its grip over the Navajo Nation in the northwest par...

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico High Court rules against nursing home arbitration

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled against a nursing home agreement requiring residents to settle their most likely claims, setting a precedent for consumers to dispute arb...

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News