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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...

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...

Bill Richardson seeks humanitarian aid for Navajo Nation

SANTA FE – A philanthropic effort aimed at boosting access to scarce medical and protective equipment supplies on the Navajo Nation is being organized by former Gov. Bill Richardson. ...

New Mexico rural hospital gets US virus aid compensation

SANTA FE – Rural hospitals that have suspended non-urgent procedures while bracing for a surge in coronavirus patients have begun receiving a temporary financial lifeline from the federal go...

Girl Scouts of New Mexico donating cookies for truck drivers

ALBUQUERQUE – The Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails have announced a partnership with Love’s Travel Stops aimed at donating cookies to truck drivers. The state’s subsidiary organiz...

New Mexico’s senior US senator endorses Joe Biden

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s senior U.S. senator is throwing his support behind Joe Biden in the race for president. Democrat Tom Udall announced his endorsement in a message on soc...

New Mexico state police to crack down as virus cases go up

FARMINGTON – New Mexico State Police are cracking down on businesses that aren’t abiding by the governor’s public health orders as new confirmed cases pushed the state’s total higher on Wedn...

Nine people test positive for COVID-19 in Farmington care home

FARMINGTON – Every resident at a northern New Mexico nursing home was tested for the coronavirus after two residents and seven employees tested positive for COVID-19, a care home company sai...

Several Kirtland base missions being moved to Space Force

ALBUQUERQUE – The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base says some of its missions will soon come under control of the U.S. Space Force. The laboratory announc...

GOP wants mail-in ballots by request only in New Mexico

SANTA FE – Legal battle lines were being drawn Wednesday in a standoff over alternatives to in-person voting amid a coronavirus stay-at-home order and targeted curfew in New Mexico, where De...

Census: New Mexico response rate near bottom among states

ALBUQUERQUE – There’s more work to be done in New Mexico, where federal officials say just over one-third of households have responded to the 2020 Census. About a month into the s...

Highlands University students to help museums go virtual

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students are working with state officials to bring online visitors to New Mexico museums later this spring. The university announ...