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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...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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...

DATE: Apr 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico agency: Hemorrhagic disease killing rabbits

SANTA FE – New Mexico wildlife managers say recent deaths in both wild jackrabbit and cottontail populations were the result of a hemorrhagic disease known as RHDV-2. The state Ga...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico regulators push ahead as virus disaster declared

ALBUQUERQUE – While federal environmental regulators have waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, New Mexico is marching ahead. ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds homicide conviction ruling

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. â€“ The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a ruling convicting an Alamogordo man of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend in 2015. Terrick Thompkins, 39...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Fe’s vacation rental market sees big decline

SANTA FE – As in many other tourist destinations in the United States, a large portion of Santa Fe’s housing market is short-term rentals, where guests can stay in family-sized homes for a f...

DATE: Apr 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico TV stations to broadcast classes for K-5 students

ALBUQUERQUE – With New Mexico schools shut down for the rest of the school year because of the coronavirus outbreak, three public television stations on Monday will begin broadcasting class ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque retirement facility has 18 coronavirus cases

SANTA FE – A city health official says 18 residents of a retirement facility in Albuquerque have tested positive for the coronavirus. Mark DiMenna, deputy director of Albuquerque’...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hotel that hosted John Wayne to house homeless patients

GALLUP, N.M. – A western New Mexico hotel that once hosted John Wayne and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan will use one of its buildings to house homeless respiratory patients. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Man tried to set wife on fire over stimulus check

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he became enraged he didn’t qualify for a COVID-19-related stimulus check and tried to set his wife on fire. T...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico city mayor sworn in after predecessor indicted

LAS VEGAS, N.M. â€“ The northern New Mexico city of Las Vegas has officially sworn in a new mayor whose predecessor resigned amid bribery charges. The Las Vegas Optic reports L...

DATE: Apr 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Juvenile detention center to close in Santa Fe County

SANTA FE – A county youth detention center in northern New Mexico is scheduled to close after commissioners raised concerns about rising costs and a decrease in the detention population. ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News